Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Acanthurus nigricans
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Dark brown to navy blue or black, white tail with yellow bar; white patch below eye, white ring behind mouth, yellow line at base of dorsal and anal fins, yellow tail spine.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Exposed reefs to 40m.
Location: East Indo-Pacific - Christmas I. to Indonesia, Micronesia and Hawaii. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

Blackspot Snapper

Scientific Name: Lutjanus ehrenbergii
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Whitish undercolor with 5 thin yellow stripes below lateral line, yellowish tail and anal fins; large round black spot on lateral line below mid-dorsal fin.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and estuaries in 1-20m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to E. Caroline Is. and Palau in Micronesia. S.W. Japan to N. Great Barrier Reef.

Saksono's Damsel

Scientific Name: Pomacentrus saksonoi
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Pale gray to nearly white; wedge-shaped brownish mark on upper pectoral fin base.
Hide-out: Silty coral reefs in 8-15m.
Location: Seribu Is. in Java Sea and Sangihe Is. in N. Sulawesi, Indonesia.