Gold-Lined Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Neoniphon aurolineatus
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Silvery white to pinkish with yellow stripes between scale rows; yellow pectoral fin base, red bar across nape and gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Steep outer reef slopes in 30-160m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Comoro Is. to Hawaii. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

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