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.
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