The Hamigymnus fasciatus feeds by taking mouthfuls of sand, sorting the material to extract animal material, and then ejecting the indigestible sediments from its mouth or gill opening.
Details
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size
Max. 45 cm
color
Dark, almost black, sides with several white bars on body. Face brightly patterened with red and green. Juveniles have more and thinner white bars than adults.
It was discovered that there is a greater abundance of life in sheltered reefs than in exposed reefs, up to a depth of 20 meters. This species mainly feeds on small crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms.
distinctive characters
This fish has a dorsal fin with nine spines and eleven rays, an anal fin with three spines and eleven rays, 22 to 24 total gill rakers, a body depth of 2.4 to 2.6 times its standard length, thick and fleshy lips with the lower deeply incised in the median line, and a slightly rounded caudal fin.