Scientific Name: Liza vaigiensis
Family: Mullets - Mugilidae
Maximum Size: 52cm
Identification: Silvery with large diamond-shaped scales, black pectoral fins, yellowish tan square-cut tail.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Protected sandy shorelines of lagoons and reef flats to 10m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
Diamond-Scale Mullet
Labels: Mullet
Fringelip Mullet
Scientific Name: Crenimugil crenilabis
Family: Mullets - Mugilidae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Silvery with narrow gray stripe on each scale row; black spot at upper pectoral fin base; rear margin of lunate tail dusky.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Often near coral reefs to 10m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Labels: Mullet
Wahoo
Scientific Name: Acanthocybium solandri
Family: Tunas & Mackerels - Scombridae
Maximum Size: 210cm
Identification: Silver; long slender body with dorsal and anal finlets and elongate pointed snout; occasionally display wavy-bar pattern.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Pelagic, but occasionally pass near reefs.
Location: Circumtropical.
Labels: Mackerel