Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Blackish body, blue head, (yellow-spotted in male) with white bar behind, orange breast, tail orange with black bar; blotch on nape.
Hide-out: Flat bottoms with rocky coral patches in 6-30m.
Location: N.W. Australia from Shark Bay to W. edge of Gulf of Carpentaria.
Western Yellowtail Angelfish
Surge Demoiselle
Scientific Name: Chrysiptera brownriggii
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8.5cm
Identification: Yellow to yellow-orange; bright neon-blue stripe extends from snout to below rear dorsal fin, 2 blue and black spots on upper base of tail.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Outer reef flats and surge channels to 12m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Fiji and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to New Caledonia.
Japanese Large-Eye Bream
Scientific Name: Gymnocranius euanus
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 45cm
Identification: Silvery gray with scattered small black spots.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Open sand or rubble bottoms near reefs in lagoons and on outer slopes in 15-50m.
Location: West Pacific - Philippines, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea to Tonga. S. China Sea and S.W. Japan to E. Australia and Norfolk Is.
Vermiculated Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Identification: Purplish gray with white vermiculations, tail yellow or gray (possibly two species); white to yellowish patch behind head, black eye bar.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of inshore reefs to 20m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Malaysian Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea to Solomon Is. S.W. Japan and to N. Australia.
Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream
Scientific Name: Gymnocranius grandoculis
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 80cm
Identification: Juvenile - Silvery gray; several faint thin bars on side, eye bar. Adult - Unmarked except wavy blue lines on cheek; no yellowish tint on snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand or rubble bottoms in 15-100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N.W. & S.E. Australia.
Yellow Crown Demoiselle
Scientific Name: Chrysiptera sp.
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Light gray to whitish with translucent ventral fins; broad yellow wash from snout to mid-back.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Reef tops and surge channels of fringing and offshore reefs in 2-8m.
Location: Spratley Is. in S. China Sea to N. Sulawesi in Indonesia including Togean and Banggai Is.
Gray Large-Eye Bream
Scientific Name: Gymnocranius griseus
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Silvery gray with several irregular dark bars on head and body. Young have heavily blotched pattern with eye bar, and bar across pectoral fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand or rubble bottoms of coastal reefs in 15-80m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to Malaysian Peninsula, Indonesia, north to S.W. Japan.
Six-Banded Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 46cm
Identification: Tan with blue scale centers and 6 dark bars; head dark blue with white bar behind eye, blue spotting dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coastal, lagoon and outer reefs in 3-60m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea to New Caledonia. S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.
Redfin Bream
Scientific Name: Monotaxis heterodon
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Gray or brown on back with 3 narrow white bars, black spot in axil of pectoral fin and reddish hue on fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Seychelles to Marshall Islands and New Caledonia.
Bluespot Demoiselle
Scientific Name: Chrysiptera oxycephala
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Yellowish gray with numerous tiny blue spots; dusky 'mask' from upper lip to eye. Juvenile - Blue head and upper body, grayish to yellowish below.
Favourite: Form small to large groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered shoreline reefs and lagoons in rich coral areas to 16m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines, Palau and Papua New Guinea.
Humpnose Bigeye Bream
Scientific Name: Monotaxis grandoculis
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Black to gray, silver or brown back gradating to pale underside, often yellowish tints on head; black spot on base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.
Semicircle Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Greenish brown with blue spotting, pale yellowish lips; blue margins on cheek, spine and gill cover, narrow blue margins on rear dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sheltered inshore reefs to 40m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa too Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji. S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.
Striped Large-Eye Bream
Scientific Name: Gnathodentex aureolineatus
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Silvery gray to brown; dark scale rows on back, 4-5 brown to gold stripes on sides, yellow-orange blotch below rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary to large aggregations.
Hide-out: Shallow coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 3-20m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia and Norfolk Is.
Roundspot Surgeonfish
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Brown to yellowish brown with yellow dorsal fin, and white lips; yellow bar behind gill cover, round black spot behind eye.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Clear seaward reefs in 6-50m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to Solomon Is. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
Striped Whiptail
Scientific Name: Scaevius vitta
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Light gray; dark mid-lateral stripe with diffuse white borders, often a broad dusky to blackish area along upper edge of belly.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 1-30m.
Location: W. Australia.
Scribbled Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Dark blue with yellow snout; broad bar on rear head and forebody, yellow stripe under dorsal fin continues to include tail.
Favourite: In pairs or small groups; feed on sponges.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 5-20m.
Location: N.W. & N.E. Australia, Aru Is. in Indonesia to S. New Guinea.
Coral Whiptail
Scientific Name: Scaevius milii
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Eight alternating white to light blue and dark gray stripes on upper body, bottom stripe connected with slanting dark lines; small dark spot on upper tail base.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs in 3-40m.
Location: N.W. Australia.
Gray Demoiselle
Scientific Name: Chrysiptera glauca
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Pale gray with bluish tint and occasional yellow-olive hue on upper half of head and body.
Favourite: Usually form aggregations.
Hide-out: Reef flats and near-shore shallows exposed to wave action, to 2m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Line Is. and Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Yellow-Striped Whiptail
Scientific Name: Pentapodus aureofasciatus
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Bluish back and white belly; creamy yellow mid-lateral stripe and yellowish streak on back. A common but undescribed species.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Mid-water over sand near reefs in 5-20m.
Location: West Pacific - E. Indonesia and Philippines to Samoa, north to Taiwan.
Rusty Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Rusty color with numerous brown spots; dorsal and anal fins edged with bright blue.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups; usually close to reef crevices.
Hide-out: Rocky reefs and rubble in 6-30m.
Location: S.W. Japan south through N. Mindanau in Philippines. Common at Okinawa.
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