Husbandry
Adults inhabit reef, weed, and rubble areas on shallow coral reefs, commonly found in seagrasses.
Solitary !
Major food items include amphipods, polychaetes and molluscs
Synonyms:
Balistes tomentosus Linnaeus, 1758
Monacanthus tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parvagor tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Pervagor tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stephanolepis tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)