Author: Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38
FBname: Barred spinefoot
Remark: Cuvier in Guérin-Méneville, circa 1830.
Comments: Inhabits coral-rich areas of lagoons and seaward reefs.  Juveniles form schools.  Pairs form at 7 cm; but these pairs continue to form loose schools, sometimes with juvenile scarids, to feed in areas being flooded by the tide.  At 20 cm, isolated pairs in deep water lagoons or on drop-offs at reef-edges feed on benthic seaweeds (Ref. 9813, 48637).  Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406).  Very closely related to the blue-spotted <i>S. virgatus</i> (Valenciennes) and apparently hybridizes at times with it in the Indo-Malayan region (Ref. 2334).  Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.