Family: Scat - Scatophagidae
Maximum Size: 28cm
Identification: Silvery; black bars on back form into spots on lower body; sharp fin spines and small scales.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Estuaries, mangrove creeks and lower reaches of stream to 5m.
Location: Asian Pacific - N. Australia and S. New Guinea to New Caledonia.
Banded Scat
Black & Yellow Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Description: Dark brown head and forebody, yellow rear body and tail.
Favourite: Commonly in large mid-water feeding aggregations.
Hide-out: Rocky, algal-covered reefs with scattered coral in 10-30m.
Location: Rapa I., Ilots de Bass I. (Marotiri) and Pitcaim Is. in S. and S.E. French Polynesia.
Barred Rabbitfish
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Light blue to whitish with intricate pattern of thin yellow and blue lines; pair of dark bands on head and forebody.
Favourite: In pairs or small groups.
Hide-out: Inshore and outer reefs in 2-15m.
Location: West Pacific - Sulawesi in Indonesia to Tonga. Palau to S. Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
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