Diamondfish

Scientific Name: Monodactylus argenteus
Family: Diamondfishes - Monodactylidae
Maximum Size: 27cm
Identification: Silver, dorsal and tail fins yellowish to yellow; round laterally compressed body with prominent triangular dorsal and anal fins.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Estuaries, harbors and silty inshore reefs to 10m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Mariana Is. in Micronesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.