Vermiculated Angelfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Identification: Purplish gray with white vermiculations, tail yellow or gray (possibly two species); white to yellowish patch behind head, black eye bar.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of inshore reefs to 20m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Malaysian Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea to Solomon Is. S.W. Japan and to N. Australia.

Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

Scientific Name: Gymnocranius grandoculis
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 80cm
Identification: Juvenile - Silvery gray; several faint thin bars on side, eye bar. Adult - Unmarked except wavy blue lines on cheek; no yellowish tint on snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand or rubble bottoms in 15-100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N.W. & S.E. Australia.

Yellow Crown Demoiselle

Scientific Name: Chrysiptera sp.
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Light gray to whitish with translucent ventral fins; broad yellow wash from snout to mid-back.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Reef tops and surge channels of fringing and offshore reefs in 2-8m.
Location: Spratley Is. in S. China Sea to N. Sulawesi in Indonesia including Togean and Banggai Is.