Transverse banded spinytail , also known as striped stinged spinytail , five-room crane , zebra crane , is a genus of stingrays in the family Spinytail of the order Perciformes. The average length is 17 cm, and the longest can reach 27 cm. It is found in Indo-Pan Pacific waters. Oceanic benthic, inhabiting water depths of 0-90 m, is a warm water coral reef fish. It lives mainly in the waters of xì lakes and sea-facing coral reefs, tide ponds and other near-shore habitats. Traveling alone or in groups, the area of activity is smaller than that of other spiny tailfish. The meat of this variety is delicious and can be used as edible fish.
The body is oval and flattened. The head is small, and the back of the head is slightly convex in front of the eyes. The mouth is small, the ends are located, and the upper and lower jaws each have a row of flat teeth. The body is covered with tiny ctenophores. The body color is lighter, with different colors such as white, white-green or even gray or yellow. The sides of the body have 5 longitudinal black stripes, one of which passes through the fish's eye. The dorsal side of the head has a narrow black band from the eye septum to the center of the snout. There are pale rings around the snout and jaw. Gill rakers, dorsal fins, and fins are inconspicuous, and each fin is pale to yellowish-green. There is an forward spine on each side of the tail peduncle.
Herbivorous, which nibbles on corals and reefs of seaweed, and also feeds on filamentous algae in groups. When they encounter unexpected situations, they exhibit rigid stationary behavior. During the breeding season, groups of tens of thousands of individuals form subgroups, of which every 10-20 individuals form subgroups. Populations near the equator can spawn at any time of the year, and populations in other regions reproduce seasonally, such as those in the Hawaiian seas, which only spawn during the full moon period from February to March. Migrate 2 km before spawning to reach a reef breeding ground on the seaward side or a waterway connecting lagoons and oceans.