Bumphead Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Bolbometopon muricatum
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 126cm
Identification: Huge, with large hump on forehead; greenish gray.
Favourite: Form feeding groups.
Hide-out: Uses head to break coral. Lagoons and seaward reefs to 40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Flame Hawkfish

Scientific Name: Neocirrhitus armatus
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Brilliant red; broad zone of black on back, also black ring around eye.
Favourite: Solitary and wary.
Hide-out: Perch among branches of Pocillopora and Stylophora branching corals. Clear seaward reefs in 1-10m.
Location: West Pacific - Philippines, Sunda Is. in Indonesia to Samoa and Phoenix Is. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

Bicolor Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Cetoscarus bicolor
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 80cm
Identification: Green with pinkish red spots and lines on head; band from mouth to belly, stripes or bands on fins.
Favourite: Usually with group of Initial Phase.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.