Scientific Name: Chaetodon andamanensis
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Description: Bright yellow with numerous faint stripes; black spot on base of tail.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Rock and coral reefs near shore and on outer slopes in 10-40m.
Location: Indian Ocean - Maldives, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea to W. Sumatra in Indonesia.
Andaman Butterflyfish
Labels: Butterflyfish
Hawaiian Bristletooth
Scientific Name: Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Dark olive-brown with numerous thin pale greenish stripes covering head, body, dorsal and anal fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Seaward rock and coral reefs in 10-45m.
Location: Central Pacific - Palau and Mariana Is. in Micronesia to Hawaii and French Polynesia.
Labels: Bristletooth
Japanese Pygmy Angelfish
Scientific Name: Centropyge interrutus
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: Orangish red head and forebody with blue spotting and blue behind, yellow tail. Males have stronger blue spotting on head and heavy blue lines on cheeks.
Hide-out: Rocky shores and coral patches in 15-60m.
Location: S.W. Japan to Kure, Midway Is. and Hawaii.
Labels: Angelfish






