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Clown
Triggerfish
The
body is oval and compressed. The mouth is terminal with
protruding incisors and the snout is pointed. The caudal
fin is rounded. The colouring of is very vivid making it
very easy to recognise. The clown triggerfish is one the
best known in its family. The upper portion of it body is
dark and speckled with yellow. The lower portion is adorned
with large white spots. The lips are a yellowish orange
and there is a yellow band beneath the eyes. The clown triggerfish
live along the outer wall of the reef and grow to a length
of 50 centimetres.
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Batfish
The
body is oval and compressed. The mouth is terminal with
protruding incisors and the snout is pointed. The caudal
fin is rounded. The colouring of is very vivid making it
very easy to recognise. The clown triggerfish is one the
best known in its family. The upper portion of it body is
dark and speckled with yellow. The lower portion is adorned
with large white spots. The lips are a yellowish orange
and there is a yellow band beneath the eyes. The clown triggerfish
live along the outer wall of the reef and grow to a length
of 50 centimetres.
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Royal
Angelfish
Its
body is not as tall as the others in the angelfish family.
The rear edges of the dorsal and anal fins are well developed
but do not exceed the caudal fin. The body has a background
colouring of orange and yellow with eight or nine dark blue
bands. The eyes are surrounded by two sharply defined dark
blue stripes. The dorsal fin has a fairly dark vermiculation,
while the anal fin has parallel yellow stripes along its
edge. The young are fairly similar and have posterior ocellar
spot. The fish grows to a length of 30 centimetres.
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Yellowfin
Fusilier
The
body of the yellowfin fusilier is oval, elongated and compressed.
Its snout is short and mouth small, lined with small teeth.
The dorsal fin is long. The caudal fin is profoundly incised
with pointed lobes. The upper portion of the body and the
caudal fin are yellow in colour. The lower half is light
blue in colour. Its eyes are red. The base of the pectoral
fins is black, the edges of the caudal, analy are pinkish.
The fish live in schools along the exposed side of the reef.
They grow to a length of 30 centimetres.
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