Scientific Name: Platax boersii
Family: Spadefish - Ephippidae
Maximum Size: 47cm
Identification: Yellowish silver; dark to faint bar through eye and a second bar from nape to ventral fins.
Favourite: Form large schools.
Hide-out: Coastal and outer reef dropoffs in 3-30m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Red Sea to Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, New Guinea and Solomon Is. north to S.W. Japan.
Golden Spadefish
Easter Island Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon litus
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Description: Dusky brownish gray with large whitish patch on back, fins dusky brown edged with white.
Favourite: Form aggregations.
Hide-out: Rocky reefs composed of volcanic boulders with prolific growth of brown algae to 25m.
Location: Easter I. in the southeastern Pacific.
Margined Coralfish
Scientific Name: Coradion marginalis
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Silvery white; black-edged orange forebody bar and eye bar; wide orange bar across rear body including dorsal and anal fins; long snout.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Mainly coastal reefs and near shore islands to 30m.
Location: Tropical N.W. Australia to Cape York and N. Great Barrier Reef.
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