Smooth Trunkfish Behavior & Diet

Smooth Trunkfish can be found on coral reefs, sandy sea beds and mangroves. They are relative slow swimmers.
With his lips, it can create a jet of water which disturbs the sandy seabed and reveals any shallowly buried benthic invertebrates.

Smooth trunkfish feed on small crustaceans, sponges, tunicates, worms and molluscs.