Scientific Name: Chrysiptera talboti
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: Commonly pale mauve but variable (black in Fiji); bright yellow area from snout to back, black spot on middle of dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Shoreline reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 6-35m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Andaman Sea to Coral Sea and Fiji, north to Philippines.
Talbot's Demoiselle
Green Jobfish
Scientific Name: Aprion virescens
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 100cm
Identification: Dark green to blue to bluish gray; slender cylindrical body with strongly forked tail, pectoral fins short; no distinctive markings.
Favourite: Usually solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoons, reef passes and outer slopes in 5-150m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and Lord Howe I.
Half-Banded Angelfish
Scientific Name: Genicanthus semicinctus
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Male - Grayish with black bars that end above yellowish belly; light gray bars on chest, spotted tail.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Outer reef slopes in 10-50m.
Location: S.W. Pacific at Lord Howe I. and Kermadec Is.
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