Scientific Name: Amphichaetodon howensis
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Alternating black and silver-white bars; yellow hue on back.
Hide-out: On rocky reefs with some live corals. Typically at least 50m, but occasionally shallow.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - S.E. Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Is. to N. New Zealand and Kermadec Is.
Lord Howe Butterflyfish
White-Tailed Chromis
Scientific Name: Chromis leucura
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6.5cm
Identification: Dark blue gray with yellow ventral fins and white tail; black edge marking extends from rear dorsal fin to rear anal fin, black spot covers pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Around deep boulders or scattered coral in 16-119m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Mauritius and Reunion Is. to N. Sumatra in Indonesia, S.W. Japan, Hawaii and French Polynesia.
Red Saddleback Anemonefish
Scientific Name: Amphiprion ephippium
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Red to reddish orange with variable amount of black on rear body (no bars); young entirely red-orange except a white head bar.
Hide-out: Live most commonly with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone on shoreline reefs in 2-15m.
Location: East Indian Ocean - Andaman Sea to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia.
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