Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Uniform dark gray; lacks distinguishing marks.
Favourite: Solitary, in pairs or groups; feed above bottom on plankton.
Hide-out: Deep outer reefs in 10-300m, occasionally shallow coastal reefs and lagoons near deep water.
Location: Central Pacific - Mariana Is. in Micronesia, Samoa, Hawaii, Phoenix Is. and Johnston Atoll to French Polynesia.
Gray Butterflyfish
Blubberlip Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus rivulatus
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 80cm
Identification: Grayish green with wavy yellow lines on head and yellow fins and outer edge of tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Near shore and outer reefs in 2-100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to French Polynesia. S. Japan to N. Australia and Tonga.
Tonga Damsel
Scientific Name: Pomacentrus spilotoceps
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Yellow with darkish scale margins, light blue margin on dorsal and anal fins; 'ear' spot behind eye and dark spot at base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose aggregations.
Hide-out: Lagoons and inshore reefs to 3m.
Location: Tonga.
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