Double-Tooth Soldierfish

Scientific Name: Myripristis hexagona
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Red with broad pink scale margins, pale reddish fins have no white margins; broad dark red band on rear margin of gill cover.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and seaward slopes, often in turbid area in 3-40m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E.Africa to Samoa. Philippines to Australia and New Caledonia.