Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 24cm
Description: Yellow with horizontal rows of small black spots; blue marking on rear snout and nape; dorsal fin trails a thread-like filament.
Favourite: Usually in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and outer slopes in 2-50m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Sri-Lanka to Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines, Micronesia and Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
Dotted Butterflyfish
Indian Dascyllus
Scientific Name: Dascyllus cameus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 7cm
Identification: Tan head, white body with diffuse black bar between; broad black margin on dorsal fin.
Favourite: Form groups; shelter within branching corals when threatened.
Hide-out: Inshore and outer reefs in 5-35m.
Location: Indian Ocean - E. Africa to Andaman Sea and Java Sea in Indonesia.
Coral Rabbitfish
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Yellow-orange undercolor with numerous blue spots; darkish eye bar, may display pattern of dark smudges on back.
Favourite: Juvenile - Form small schools in shallow seagrass beds. Adults - In pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas to 18m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Seychelles to New Caledonia. S.W. Japan to S. Great Barrier Reef.
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