Mottled Fusilier

Scientific Name: Dipterygonatus balteatus
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Brownish to bronze back, silvery below; pair of thin dark wavy stripes on back and pale tan stripe below, dark tail tips.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Coastal, lagoons and seaward reefs to 20m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Gulf of Aden and Somalia to Solomon Is. Taiwan to Australia.