WoRMS name details
original description
(of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1834). Poissons. <em>In: Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe," exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris. Zoologie.</em> Vol. 3 (Pt 2): 645-720, pls 1-4, 7, 10-12, 14-15, 19-20 [Plates in Atlas Zoologie (v. 1). pl. 5 mentioned in the text but not included in the Atlas]. [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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Description Inhabits lagoons, subtidal reef flats and outer reef slopes (where it occurs to depths of over 20 m). Often in lives in pairs in empty worm tubes or narrow holes. Its diet consists mainly of tubeworms and demersal fish eggs. [details]
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