Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 11cm
Identification: Pale gray with thin brown to orange bars and black tail with blue margin; orange ring around eye, and orange bar across base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary, occasionally in pairs.
Hide-out: Usually in coral-rich areas in 3-25m.
Location: Indo-South Asian Pacific - Sri Lanka and Bay of Bengal south through S. Indonesia to N.W. Australia.
Blacktail Angelfish
Whitebar Surgeonfish
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Tan with thin dark stripes; white bar behind eye bordered by two dark bars.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Rocky, boulder-strewn areas of surge in 0-10m.
Location: Pacific - Two separate populations. North of equator: S. Japan and Mariana Is. to Hawaii. South of equator: New Caledonia to Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia.
Highfin Coralfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Description: White with wide orange bar across rear body including dorsal and anal fins; pair of closely spaced brown bars behind head.
Favourite: Uncommon.
Hide-out: Inshore reefs in 3-15m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Is. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.
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