Facts about Combfish
Combfish is mostly found off eastern Australia and around offshore islands off north eastern New Zealand to depths of between 5 and 60 metres, on mixed sandy/rocky reef areas. Its length is between 10 and 25 centimeters. The combfish has a long white body with a prominent wide black stripe from its mouth through its eye along the body to the end of its tail. Combfish often act as cleaners and some get most of their food in this way. The contrasting colour pattern with its cleaning signal stripe acts as a strong attraction to many other reef fish and combfish are often surrounded by groups of fishes waiting to be cleaned. The rest of their diet consists of small crustaceans. Average combfish is 30 cm long. |
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