Scientific Name: Strongylura incisa
Family: Needlefishes - Belonidae
Maximum Size: 70cm
Identification: Silvery; extremely slender with elongate upper and lower jaws and numerous needle-like teeth; tail margin wavy with larger lower lobe; no keel on tail base.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Near surface of lagoons and inshore reefs.
Location: Asian Pacific - S.W. Japan and Micronesia to Great Barrier Reef.
Reef Needlefish
Blacktip Silver Biddy
Scientific Name: Gerres oyena
Family: Mojarras - Gerreidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Silver with obvious scales; unmarked except for a blackish margin on dorsal fin (more intense at front).
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Common along sandy beaches and sand bottoms near reefs to 10m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Mariana Is. in Micronesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Silver Grunter
Scientific Name: Mesopristes argenteus
Family: Grunters - Terapontidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Silvery gray with white belly; white first spine on ventral and anal fins, yellow iris. Small Juveniles - White with 4 or 5 black stripes and yellow fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Estuaries and stream mouths, occasionally near reefs to 3m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Is. to Cape York in N.E. Australia.
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