Striped Sweetlips

Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus lessonii
Family: Sweetlips - Haemulidae
Maximum Size: 48cm
Identification: White with 4-5 brown stripes on upper body, white unmarked lower body, yellow lips; broken lines on head, spots on yellowish dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward reefs to 35m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Malaysian Peninsula and S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

Blue-Barred Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Scarus ghobban
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 75cm
Identification: Yellow to yellowish brown undercolor with large blue-green scale markings; blue-green band markings around mouths and borders of tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sheltered silty inshore reefs and areas of sand and rubble in 2-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to French Polynesia, Galapagos, Gulf of California and Panama. S. Japan to Australia.

Gold-Spotted Sweetlips

Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus
Family: Sweetlips - Haemulidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Gray with orange and blue stripes on head and small orange spots on upper body extending onto dorsal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered coastal reefs and lagoons in 2-25m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Papua New Guinea. S.W. Japan to Australia.