Author: Randall & Dooley, 1974
FBname: Dusky tilefish
Comments: Inhabits muddy to rubble or rubble-sand areas of outer reef slopes.  Observed a meter above the substrate and retreats to a burrow when threatened.  Stomach contents consist of calanoid copepods (58% by volume), larvaceans (20%), siphonophores (20%), and fish eggs (2%) (Ref. 8991).  Sometimes in loose groups (Ref. 48635).