Surgeons and Butterflys

Limu Pools
7 August 2011

You could probably fill in the species concerned.
Butterflies - 2 spp.
Surgeons - 2 spp.

There is another one behind ... the last surgeon grey-orange group.
Also right on the coral a blenny or ...?

@Kifaru Bwana the picture was taken in 2011

@Jake1508, I know (I can read). As I am not that well versed in tropical coral fish, I thought I woud pop the question. Maybe you can answer this one?

BTW: Hix who is the expert ... (I am not even sure if he is still following Zoochat right here).

At the bottom the pale yellow ones are Citron Butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus), also called Speckled Butterflyfish.
The orange ones with the black dorsum and white spots are Fourspotted Butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus).
The reddish-brown ones that are the bulk of the fish in the photograph are Blue-lined Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigroris). The one you remarked was a blenny is actually this species but it's angled it's body so we are looking at it from above which gives it that blenny look.
The white one with black stripes is a Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus).
At the top centre, grey with two white stripes and yellow ventral fin is a White-spotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus), aka Surf Tang.
Right at the back in the shadows is a Clown Coris (Coris aygula).



Hix

@Hix, much appreciated! I have learned a few things again. Cheers!

I will have to get my coral fish guide of the Indian Ocean and beyond out again.
But it might not cover the whole of Pacific ....