Author: Randall, 2013
Comments: Collected with rotenone or spear in areas with sand bottom with detached brown algae or small coral patches and rocks.  A very cryptic species, hence difficult to photograph underwater. The small sample of stomach contents from the holotype contained foraminiferans and from the 7.35 cm paratype consisted mainly of crushed remains of small gastropods, some foraminiferans, and unidentified crustacean fragments, including a small crab chela. Also from the very large stomach of the 4.4 cm paratype, it was found to contain the remains of a moderately large shrimp, so this fish does not feed exclusively on tiny prey (Ref. 93522).  Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 127989.