Crown Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Sargocentron diadema
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Identification: Alternating red and white stripes; dark red to black spiny dorsal fin with white spine tips and white streak through middle.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Tidal flats and deeper areas of lagoon and seaward reefs to 40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red sea and E. Africa to Hawaii and Pitcaim I. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Gold-Lined Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Neoniphon aurolineatus
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Silvery white to pinkish with yellow stripes between scale rows; yellow pectoral fin base, red bar across nape and gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Steep outer reef slopes in 30-160m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Comoro Is. to Hawaii. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

Yellowfin Soldierfish

Scientific Name: Myripristis chryseres
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Red with darkish scale margins; all fins (except pectorals) bright yellow, dark brown rear margin on gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Seaward reef slopes in 30-200m, rarely to 12m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E.Africa to Hawaii and Samoa, S.W.Japan to Great Barrier Reef.