Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 16cm
Description: Whitish with darker gray bands, fins yellow-orange (except pectoral); oval-shaped black eye bar, and small black spot on nape.
Favourite: Usually in pairs or small groups.
Hide-out: Silty inshore reefs and clear outer reefs in 3-25m.
Location: Asian Pacific - W. Pacific Rim from S.W. Japan, Indonesia, Malaysian Peninsula and Philippines to N.W. Australia.
Panda Butterflyfish
Phantom Bannerfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Description: White central bar bordered by pair of wide blackish bands that become brown and converge on back; pair of horns just above eyes; bump on nape.
Favourite: Solitary, in pairs or groups.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas to 25m.
Location: Indian Ocean - Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to W. Java in Indonesia.
White-belted Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Gray with pale gold spots on sides; white belt broadly bordered in black along back to tail base, black eye bar, large spot on nape.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Steep outer reef slopes in 10-60m.
Location: Pacific - N.E. Indonesia, E. Papua New Guinea to Solomon, Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific.
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