Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Blackish body, head blue, (yellow-spotted in male) with white bar behind; yellow breast and bright yellow tail; yellow blotch on nape.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Flat bottoms with rocky coral patches in 6-45m.
Location: E. Australia from Great Barrier Reef (rare) to Sydney area and Howe I.
Queensland Yellowtail Angelfish
Japanese Whiptail
Scientific Name: Pentapodus nagasakiensis
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Brownish back gradating to whitish lower body; white stripe bordered with wide yellow to gold diffuse stripes from snout through lower eye to tail; slender with pointed snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 20-100m.
Location: Asian Pacific - S.W. Japan and central Indonesia to N.W. Australia.
Brown Surgeonfish
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Brown with numerous orange spots on head; black spot at rear base of last dorsal and anal fin rays.
Favourite: Common on Indo-Pacific reefs. Form large schools; graze on algae growing on rocky surfaces.
Hide-out: Inshore and outer reefs to 20m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe I.
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