This cryptic, demersal species inhabits the crevices of rocks, caves, shallow lagoons, seaward reefs on continental shelves (Nielsen et al. 1999, Mundy 2005, Fricke et al. 2014, Psomadakis et al. 2015). Adults typically occur on the continental shelf and upper slope, while juveniles are found in the epipelagic zone far offshore (Nielsen et al. 1999). Its diet consists of crustaceans and fishes. It is a nocturnal species that is rarely seen. It has an oviparous life cycle and produces oval pelagic eggs that float in a gelatinous mass (Breder and Rosen 1966). The maximum total length is 100 cm (Psomadakis et al. 2015).
