Bluehead Tilefish

Hoplolatilus starcki

Blue head, body whitish with pale yellow back.

Size : 15 cm

Habitat : On outer reef slopes with rubble or sand patches, 15-100m. Hovers usually in pairs a short distance above the seabed, rapidly flees on danger into its burrow in the ground.

Distribution : Bali to the Philippines, Micronesia, North Australia, Fiji.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Perciformes

FAMILY

:

Malacanthidae

GENUS

:

Hoplolatilus

SPECIES

:

Hoplolatilus starcki

Other Information

Population Status

Not Evaluated (NE)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner