Size: 1-2 ft.
ID: Long white body, dark area on crescent tail
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Malacanthidae / Tilefishes
Genus Species: Malacanthus plumieri
/ Sand Tilefish
Habitat: burrows in sand and coral rubble where they hover
Typical food: crustaceans, small fishes
Other information: excavate a trench in the sand bottom
of a reef and then construct intricate walls and a roof
of coral debris and shell fragments; undulate long dorsal and anal
fins to hover, but duck headfirst into the burrow if disturbed
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