Scientific Name: Lutjanus kasmira
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Bright yellow upper body with 4 neon-blue stripes; white belly with faint gray stripes.
Favourite: Usually congregate around coral outcroppings.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 1-265m.
Location: Indo Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and Polynesia. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.
Bluestripe Snapper
Spinecheek Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Male - Brilliant red to brownish red with 3 narrow white to gray bars; pair of long spines on cheek.
Hide-out: Live in Bulb-Tentacle Anemone to 18m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to New Guinea, N. Great Barrier Reef and Vanuatu.
Bengal Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus bengalensis
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Yellow upper half of body with 4 neon-blue stripes; white unmarked lower body immediately below 4th stripe.
Favourite: Small groups congregate around outcroppings.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 10-30m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Molucca Is. in E. Indonesia.
Blue-Stripe Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Brownish orange with bold blue stripes, tail yellow.
Hide-out: Rock or coral reefs in 5-60m.
Location: W. Pacific Rim including S. China, Taiwan and S.W. Japan.
Two-Spot Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus biguttatus
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Slender; brownish gray back with 2-3 white spots, reddish brown belly; wide reddish brown stripe from snout to tail and wide white stripe from mouth to tail.
Favourite: From small to large groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward slopes in 5-30m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Maldives to Fiji. Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.
Blackstreak Surgeonfish
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Pale to dark brown or gray; long black bar behind eye to above pectoral fin, thin streak on rear body to tail spine.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Usually over sand near coral or rock outcrops in 3-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
Timor Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus timorensis
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Red; black spot on base of pectoral fin. Young have diagonal dark bar through eye and pearl-white spot on upper tail base.
Hide-out: Coastal reef slopes, often on sand with scattered reef or log debris in 10-130m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Andaman Sea to Samoa, north to Philippines.
Blue-Ringed Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 45cm
Identification: Orangish brown with upward curving blue bands, tail white; blue ring above pectoral fin, numerous blue markings of head.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, frequently in murky water, also around caves and wrecks to 60m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Is. W. Pacific Rim to S.W. Japan.
Red Emperor Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus sebae
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Juvenile/Sub-adult - White with red-brown mid-body bar; band from lip to nape, 2nd band mid-dorsal fin to lower tail. Adult - Solid red.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Typically deep, sandy bottoms to 100m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Australia and Papua New Guinea, north to S. Japan.
Northwest Australian Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Red to orange with variable amounts of black on head and body; white or pale bluish head bar (in larger females often narrow with poorly defined edges). Similar Tomato and Red and Black Anemonefish distinguished by location.
Hide-out: Live with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone on reefs to 8m.
Location: W. Australia and the Northern Territory.
Onespot Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus monostigma
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Silver to reddish or yellowish silver with yellow fins; may display a horizontally elongate black spot on rear back.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Outer reef areas in 5-60m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is., Tuamotu and Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.
Blue-Girdled Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Yellow-orange with blue spots and blue lips; deep blue broad girdle wraps body from nape to ventral fins along belly and curving up to above base of tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 3-40m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia to W. Micronesia and Solomon Is. Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.
Malabar Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus malabaricus
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 100cm
Identification: Juvenile - Reddish with narrow dusky stripes; black band from lip through eye to dorsal fin, white-edged black spot covering tail base. Adult - Red in deep water, not on reefs.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal and outer reefs in 10-40m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Arabian Gulf to Palau and Fiji. Taiwan and S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.
Yellowmask Surgeonfish
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Slender; pale to dark bluish body with numerous blue and dark horizontal lines, upper lip yellowish; yellow band through eye.
Favourite: Groups feed on zooplankton.
Hide-out: Inshore (often turbid) and outer reefs in 5-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
Lunartail Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus lunulatus
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Reddish pink with yellow belly, pectoral, ventral and anal fins; wide dark crescent on foretail.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and seaward slopes in 10-30m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Pakistan to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.
Yellow-Crowned Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Description: White with numerous dark dots, yellow tail; broad black diagonal area across rear of body, yellow band on nape.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Shelter in black corals and sea fans on steep slopes in 35-75m.
Location: Known only from Guam (Orote Peninsula) in the Mariana Is, Micronesia.
Longspot Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus fulviflamma
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Whitish undercolor with yellow stripes of equal width below lateral line, yellow tail and anal fin; long oval to rectangular spot on lateral line below mid-dorsal fin.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Estuaries, coastal reefs and outer slopes in 3-35m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Samoa and Tonga. Taiwan to S.W. & S.E. Australia and Lord Howe I.
Red and Black Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Reddish orange with variable amounts of black on sides; a white to pale bluish bar on head. Young are overall reddish orange with 2-3 narrow white bars.
Hide-out: Live with 3 anemone species in lagoons and outer reefs to 10m.
Location: Pacific - Bali in Indonesia to Marshall Is., Fiji and Society Is. in French Polynesia. Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.
False Fusilier
Scientific Name: Paracaesio sordida
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Purplish brown to blue with faint dark stripes, lower lobe of tail red (dark brown underwater); slender elongate body with deeply forked tail similar to fusilier family.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Steep outer reefs in 30-200m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea to S.W. Japan, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.
Humpback Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus gibbus
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Shades of red to gray; maroon forked tail with rounded lobes, high arching nape and foreback; orange around base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form schools.
Hide-out: Lagoons, passages and outer reef slopes in 1-150m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.
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