Scientific Name: Centropyge loricula
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Brilliant red to red-orange with about 5 black bars; blue markings on rear edge of dorsal and anal fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups; shy.
Hide-out: Seaward reefs and lagoons in 5-60m.
Location: Central Pacific - W. New Guinea and Micronesia to Hawaii. Great Barrier Reef to French Polynesia. Scattered populations in West Pacific and Indonesia.
Flame Angelfish
Labels: Angelfish
Bluestripe Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus kasmira
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Bright yellow upper body with 4 neon-blue stripes; white belly with faint gray stripes.
Favourite: Usually congregate around coral outcroppings.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 1-265m.
Location: Indo Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and Polynesia. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.
Labels: Snapper
Spinecheek Anemonefish
Scientific Name: Premnas biaculeatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Male - Brilliant red to brownish red with 3 narrow white to gray bars; pair of long spines on cheek.
Hide-out: Live in Bulb-Tentacle Anemone to 18m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to New Guinea, N. Great Barrier Reef and Vanuatu.
Labels: Anemonefish






