Japanese Whiptail

Scientific Name: Pentapodus nagasakiensis
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Brownish back gradating to whitish lower body; white stripe bordered with wide yellow to gold diffuse stripes from snout through lower eye to tail; slender with pointed snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 20-100m.
Location: Asian Pacific - S.W. Japan and central Indonesia to N.W. Australia.