Flagtail Blanquillo

Q: Where can you find Flagtail Blanquillo?

Flagtail Blanquillo can be found in: Egypt East, Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Cocos Island, Saudi Arabia West, Malaysia East, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Easter Island, Malpelo Island, Costa Rica West, Australia North, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Galapagos, Hawaii, Pacific East, Colombia West, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Ecuador, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Chile, Hong Kong, Kenya, India, Israel, USA West, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico West, Japan South, India East, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Panama West, Israel South, Oman, Oman East, Somalia North, Australia East, Nicaragua West, Guatemala West, Honduras South, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Cambodia, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, French Polynesia, South Korea, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, USA, Honduras, South Africa, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mexico, Mozambique, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Kiribati, Djibouti, El Salvador, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Pacific Ocean, Colombia, Somalia, Nicaragua, Guatemala.

Malacanthus brevirostris

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Malacanthus brevirostris is a species of tilefish from the family Malacanthidae.

Description

Malacanthus brevirostris can reach a maximum length of about 32 cm (13 in), with a common length of about 26.5 cm (10.4 in). The body color is greyish with darker bars on the sides and a yellowish tinge on head. The caudal fin shows two black stripes.They have 1-4 dorsal spines, 52-56 dorsal soft rays, one anal spines and 46 – 55 anal soft rays.

Distribution

This species is present in Indo-Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific (Red Sea to Panama, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to the Lord Howe and Austral islands).

Habitat

These fishes are reef-associated, with a depth range from 5 to 50 m. They mainly inhabit barren and open areas of outer reef slopes.

Biology

These fishes usually occurs in pairs and live on sand in a hole of their own construction. When threatened, they take refuge into their burrow. They have a pelagic stage to at least 5 cm. They feed on small fishes and invertebrates.