Circular Spadefish

Scientific Name: Platax orbicularis
Family: Spadefishes – Ephippidae
Maximum Size: 28cm
Identification: Silver; dark to faint eye bar and a second bar from front of dorsal to ventral fin, usually few small black spots on sides.
Favourite: In pairs or groups.
Hide-out: Shoreline and outer reefs in 2-35m.
Location: Indo-Pacific – Red Sea and E. Africa to Indonesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N.E. Australia and New Caledonia.

Ocellated Coralfish

Scientific Name: Parachaetodon ocellatus
Family: Butterflyfish – Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Silvery white with 5 brown-orange bars across head and body; ocellated spot on tail base, and black spot on elevated triangular dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coastal and inner reefs littered with sponges in 5-40m.
Location: West Pacific – Indonesia to Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji. S. China Sea and S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.