Scientific Name: Chaetodon guttatissimus
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Description: Beige with distinctive brown to purplish speckling; broad yellow margin on dorsal fin extends across tail base.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral reefs, lagoons and seaward slopes in 5-30m.
Location: Indian Ocean - E. Africa to Maldives, Andaman Sea and Christmas I.
Spotted Butterflyfish
Charcoal Damsel
Scientific Name: Pomacentrus brachialis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Charcoal-gray to black; large black spot covering base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Usually feed in groups in mid-water a short distance above reef.
Hide-out: Passages and outer reef slopes in 6-40m.
Location: West Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea and Fiji, north to S.W. Japan.
Onespot Rabbitfish
Scientific Name: Siganus unimaculatus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 24cm
Identification: Yellow body with elongate black blotch; white head with black band from protruding snout to dorsal fin, black edge on gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas, often shelter in staghorn corals, to 30m.
Location: Asian Pacific - S.W. Japan and Philippines to N.W. Australian Shelf.
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