Double-Tooth Soldierfish

Scientific Name: Myripristis hexagona
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Red with broad pink scale margins, pale reddish fins have no white margins; broad dark red band on rear margin of gill cover.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and seaward slopes, often in turbid area in 3-40m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E.Africa to Samoa. Philippines to Australia and New Caledonia.

Roughscale Soldierfish

Scientific Name: Plectrypops lima
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 16cm
Identification: Bright red with clearish to reddish fins; small scales compared to other soldierfishes; no dark margin on rear gill cover or white margin on fins.
Favourite: Solitary; hide in deep recesses.
Hide-out: Outer reef slopes in 5-40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E.Africa to Hawaii and Easter I. in southeastern Pacific. S.Japan to E.Australia.

Redlip Cleaner Wrasse

Scientific Name: Labroides rubrolabiatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Variable from yellow to white head and brown body, black tail with blue borders; dark stripe from snout onto body and narrower stripe from head to dorsal fin base.
Favourite: Solitary cleaner; swim with jerky motion to attract clients.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 2-25m.
Location: Central Pacific - Fiji to Line Is. and Ducie I. east of French Polynesia.