Small-Toothed Whiptail

Scientific Name: Pentapodus caninus
Family: Coral Breams – Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Greenish gray to bluish gray back gradating to whitish lower body; broad yellowish stripe from eye to base of tail; no dark band between eyes.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Silty coastal reefs and deep lagoons in 2-35m.
Location: West Pacific – Malaysian Peninsula to Gilbert Is. S.W. Japan to New Caledonia.