Scientific Name: Abudefduf vaigiensis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 19cm
Identification: Gray with 5 black to purple or blue bars (including bar at tail base); frequently with yellow back.
Favourite: Usually form feeding groups in mid-water or guard nests inside rocky crevices.
Hide-out: Shoreline reefs and outer slopes to 12m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
Indo-Pacific Sergeant
Teardrop Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon unimaculatus
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Description: White with bright yellow dorsal, anal and ventral fins; black tear-shaped spot on back; adults develop a large bulbous snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Lagoons and seaward reefs in 10-60m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan and Hawaii to N.W. & E. Australia.
Longnose Tang
Scientific Name: Zebrasoma rostratum
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Dark brown to nearly black, white tail spine; protruding snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups; feed on filamentous algae.
Hide-out: Lagoons and seaward reefs in 3-20m.
Location: East Central Pacific - Phoenix and Line Is. to French Polynesia and east to Pitcaim Is.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
