Author: Fricke & Roberts, 1994
FBname: Yellow-and-black triplefin
Comments: Adults usually inhabit rocky reefs (Ref. 84085). They are found on the sides or under overhangs of large boulders, sheltering in the massive sponge growths or in large, deep crevices.  They feed mainly on amphipods, and also on barnacle cyprids and polychaete larvae.  Males maybe territorial during the breeding season (Ref. 13227).  Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240).  Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).