Scientific Name: Amphiprion mccullochi
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Dark brown to black with whitish snout and tail; white head bar does not cross over head.
Hide-out: Lagoons and rocky shoreline reefs. Live most commonly with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone in 2-45m.
Location: Lord Howe and Norfolk Is.
Mcculloch's Anemonefish
Blackcap Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon wiebeli
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Golden with thin reddish brown bands; black eye bar with prominent white bar behind, and black saddle across upper nape; tail margin black.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Mixed rock and coral reefs in 4-25m.
Location: W. Pacific Rim from Gulf of Thailand to S.W. Japan.
Spotted Unicornfish
Scientific Name: Naso brevirostris
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Brown with dark spots on head and vertical rows of spots and lines on sides, white tail; a broad-based tapering horn on forehead.
Favourite: Usually form small groups.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs in 4-46m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Galapagos Is. off Ecuador. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe I.
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