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.

Margined Coralfish

Scientific Name: Coradion marginalis
Family: Butterflyfish – Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Silvery white; black-edged orange forebody bar and eye bar; wide orange bar across rear body including dorsal and anal fins; long snout.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Mainly coastal reefs and near shore islands to 30m.
Location: Tropical N.W. Australia to Cape York and N. Great Barrier Reef.

Highfin Coralfish

Scientific Name: Coradion altivelis
Family: Butterflyfish – Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Description: White with wide orange bar across rear body including dorsal and anal fins; pair of closely spaced brown bars behind head.
Favourite: Uncommon.
Hide-out: Inshore reefs in 3-15m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific – Andaman Sea to Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Is. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.