Author: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
FBname: Manybar goatfish
Comments: This occasionally schooling species occurs over sand patches as well as rubble, consolidated limestone, or coral bottoms from reef flats and shallow lagoons (Ref. 1602).  Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).  Feeds primarily on small crabs and shrimps during the day (Ref. 1602), also demersal fish eggs, mollusks, and foraminiferans (Ref. 37816).  Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.