Yellow with thin horizontal black stripes and black anal- and tail fins, one of the horizontal stripes has a wider streak with black, the dorsal fin is white. Territorial and usually in pairs. Mainly diurnal (active during daytime).
Least concern on the IUCN Red list. Although is confined to a fairly small habitat, the global population seems stable.
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Found in coral rich areas; juveniles confined to single coral heads, in a depth range of 1-15 meters.
Oviparous breeder, they form pairs during this time.
Up to 13cm.
It feeds mainly on the soft polyps of corals, such as Acropora, Porites and Pocillopora.
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