Greenthroat Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Scarus prasiognathos
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 70cm
Identification: Dark green with yellowish upper head and green below; broad green band across snout.
Favourite: Often form large aggregations.
Hide-out: Reef flats and seaward slopes in 3-25m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Seychelles and Maldives to New Ireland east of Papua New Guinea, north to S.W. Japan.

Indonesian Sweetlips

Scientific Name: Diagramma melanacrum
Family: Sweetlips - Haemulidae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Gray with brown spotting on body, larger blackish spots on yellow dorsal and tail fins, black ventral and anal fins. Large juveniles have combination of stripes and longitudinal rows of spots.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups over sand bottoms.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and lagoons in 3-40m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Malaysian Peninsula, Indonesia and Philippines.

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips

Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus lineatus
Family: Sweetlips - Haemulidae
Maximum Size: 48cm
Identification: White with black body bands and white belly; lips and fins yellow; spotted dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups; generally nocturnally but drift in the open during the day.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward reefs to 35m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, north to S.W. Japan.