Scientific Name: Acanthurus nigricaudus
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Pale to dark brown or gray; long black bar behind eye to above pectoral fin, thin streak on rear body to tail spine.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Usually over sand near coral or rock outcrops in 3-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
Blackstreak Surgeonfish
Timor Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus timorensis
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Red; black spot on base of pectoral fin. Young have diagonal dark bar through eye and pearl-white spot on upper tail base.
Hide-out: Coastal reef slopes, often on sand with scattered reef or log debris in 10-130m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Andaman Sea to Samoa, north to Philippines.
Blue-Ringed Angelfish
Scientific Name: Pomacanthus annularis
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 45cm
Identification: Orangish brown with upward curving blue bands, tail white; blue ring above pectoral fin, numerous blue markings of head.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, frequently in murky water, also around caves and wrecks to 60m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Is. W. Pacific Rim to S.W. Japan.
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