Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Yellow upper body with pale blue spots, white lower body, tail yellow; pair of dark bands on head and forebody.
Favourite: Form small to large groups.
Hide-out: Usually inshore coastal reefs, often in turbid water to 12m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - India to Irian Jaya in E. Indonesia. S.W. Japan and Philippines to N. Australia.
Virgate Rabbitfish
Jewel Damsel
Scientific Name: Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Brown with black scale margins, often gradating to tan or whitish on rear body and tail; small blue spots scattered on head and body.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs in 2-12m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Marshall Is. in Micronesia and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.
Pinnate Spadefish
Family: Spadefish - Ephippidae
Maximum Size: 37cm
Identification: Silver; black eye bar and a second bar through pectoral and onto ventral fin; distinctive protruding snout. Young adults have a single wide dusky bar on rear body.
Favourite: Usually solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and seaward slopes in 2-25m.
Location: West Pacific - Sumatra in Indonesia to Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji. S.W. Japan to N. Australia and New Caledonia.
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