Males perform an aggressive display when they meet another male. They tilt their heads slightly upwards, vibrate their dorsal spine and open their ventral flap.
Males exhibit at several courtship displays. For example, a male may vibrate his body when a female is present, or he may change his colour patterns to polygonal patterns and place his body horizontally on ground while following a female.
Description
Exhibits several colour patterns.
Body can be grey to brown with no patterns, or bluish with closely-packed, brown polygonal patterns on body and bluish stripes on head.
Usually has a white dot on upper caudal peduncle.
Common Name: Honeycomb filefish, Honeycomb leatherjacket
