The majority of trigger trap fishing has occurred adjacent to these reefs on sand and rubble dominated environments in waters 20-40m deep. Thus, a plausible depiction of the life history for O. (cf) tetricus may con sist of (a) paralarvae hatch and are at the mercy of the currents for ~50 days (S. Kolkovski, pers comm.), (b) settle on the benthos
then move to protected inshore waters, (c) females move offshore
to rocky temperate reefs to mature and find appropriate lairs in which to brood their eggs, and (d) males follow the females and continue to hunt and look for potential mates