Scientific Name: Pentapodus emeryii
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Blue back grading to whitish lower body with thin yellowish stripe on back and wider mid-lateral stripe; slender with pointed snout and elongate filament on each tail lobe.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Silty coastal reefs in 2-35m.
Location: Asian Pacific - N.W. Australia, E. Indonesia and Philippines.
Double Whiptail
Orange-Faced Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 22cm
Identification: Orangish head grading to brown then black toward rear, tail yellow; maze of blue markings on head, blue stripes on body.
Hide-out: Coral and rubble in 15-25m.
Location: Asian Pacific - E. Indonesia, Malaysian Peninsula, N. Philippines and W. Pacific Rim to Sagami Bay, Japan.
Butterfly Whiptail
Scientific Name: Pentapodus setosus
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Light gray; gold to yellow stripe from eye to upper base of tail joins a pale lower stripe to form a V with central dark spot; adults have filament extending from upper tail lobe.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 5-50m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines.
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