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Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals (Ref. 9710). Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supplemented by small amounts of algae, tunicates, hydroids and bryozoans. Young pick ectoparasites from other fishes (Ref. 9710). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3797).
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Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, 1858) |
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Achiroides melanorhynchus (Bleeker, 1851) |
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Clupeoides papuensis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Papuan river sprat |
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Sebastes ruberrimus (Cramer, 1895)
Yelloweye rockfish |
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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857)
Purple sea urchin |