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Western Central Pacific: New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 65.0 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75804); 78 cm SVL (female)
Found in cavities in flat platforms in supralittoral zone. Also on coral islets in a lagoon, coiled up under rocks or a pile of decaying vegetation, in wave-eroded cavities and crevices. Feeds exclusively on eels, mostly on families Muraenidae and Congridae (Ref. 75804).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae