| Oriental
Sweetlips (Plectorhynchus Orientalis) |
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 The body of the
oriental sweetlips is oblong, tall and compressed. Its mouth is small and
lips thick. The flanks are distinguished by six or seven black striations
lengthwise; the two central striations extend all the way to the caudal
fin. Its snout is yellow as are the fins that are spotted black. The oriental
sweetlip tend to form small groups and stays motionless in the shelter of
large coral formations. They feed on molluscs and crustaceans and can grow
to a length of 50 centimentres. |
| Long-nosed
Butterflyfish (Forcipiger Longirostris) |
 Extremely distinctive in shape and easily recognisable
by its long beak-like snout and the truncated rear portion of its body.
The upper section of the head is black and the lower section lighter in
colour with silvery highlights. The body is yellow with a few dark stripes
at the base of the pectoral fin. The caudal fin is transparent. The longnose
butterflyfish live in small groups of five to six and feed on invertebrates
that they catch using their long snouts from nooks and crannies. They grow
to a length of 18 centimetres. |
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