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    Species: Diademichthys lineatus
    Class: B
    Synonyms: Crepidogaster lineatum, Coronichthys ornata, Diademichthys deversor
    Environment: Marine; reef-associated. Tropical
    Size/Weight/Age: Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334 )
    Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Oman (Ref. 11441 ) and Mauritius (Ref. 33390 ). Western Pacific: Indonesia to Fiji and Tonga (Ref. 53797 ), north to southern Japan (Ref. 559 ), south to northern Australia.
    Description: Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Distinguished by its long spatulate snout and slender shape; reddish or brown with a pair of yellow stripes on upper half of the head and body.
    Biology: Lives in close association with long-spined sea urchins or branching corals of sheltered reefs (Ref. 9710 ). Juvenile fish eat pedicellariae and sphaeridia of the host Diadema and commensal copepods; adult fish eat burrowing bivalves in corals as well as tube feet of their host and eggs of a commercial shrimp (Ref. 33619 ).
    Data Sheet: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=12891
    WoRMS: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Diademichthys lineatus
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