Ocellated Coralfish

Scientific Name: Parachaetodon ocellatus
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Silvery white with 5 brown-orange bars across head and body; ocellated spot on tail base, and black spot on elevated triangular dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coastal and inner reefs littered with sponges in 5-40m.
Location: West Pacific - Indonesia to Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji. S. China Sea and S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.

Singular Bannerfish

Scientific Name: Heniochus singularius
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 23cm
Description: Body and anal fin black, dorsal fin and tail yellow; long white dorsal-fin filament; bump on nape, white bar behind eye.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs, often around shipwrecks in 2-250m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Maldives to Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia and Samoa. S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.

Yellowrimmed Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon guentheri
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Description: Silvery white with numerous dark spots; upper and rear body rimmed in yellow.
Hide-out: Rocky reefs and coral-rich outer slopes in 5-40m. Often near cool upwellings.
Location: Asian Pacific - S.W. Japan, N. Sulawesi and Komodo I. in Indonesia, S. New Guinea to Great Barrier Reef.