Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Yellowish brown to dark blue becomes yellow on extreme rear body; white patch from lips to eye; white tail.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Clear lagoons and outer reef in 2-12m.
Location: North Asian Pacific - Sulawesi in Indonesia to Philippines and S.W. Japan.
Japanese Surgeonfish
Miller's Damsel
Scientific Name: Pomacentrus milleri
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Gray with dark scale outlines; fine blue margins on most fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Mainly shoreline reefs with dead coral, rubble or weeds to 6m.
Location: W. and N. Australia from Perth area to Gulf of Carpentaria.
Speckled Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Description: Pale yellow to whitish with manu rows of faint bluish spots; black edge on anal fin.
Favourite: Solitary, in pairs or small groups.
Hide-out: Moderately exposed (to surf) reef flats and seaward reefs usually in 1-3m; rarely to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Indonesia, Philippines and Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
