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Blennies - Starry blenny

4119 - Starry blenny - Salarias ramosus - 5cm

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Coconut Muck/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

Photographer: Bart Hazes



Blennies - Striped fangblenny

4122 - Striped fangblenny - Meiacanthus grammistes - 10cm

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Sunview Resort/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

This poisonous species is mimicked by the shorthead fangblenny (Petroscirtes breviceps) but that one lacks the black margin along the dorsal fin.

Photographer: Bart Hazes



Butterflyfish - Crosshatch butterflyfish

4043 - Crosshatch butterflyfish - Chaetodon xanthurus - 14cm

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Twin Rocks/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

Photographer: Bart Hazes



Butterflyfish - Eastern triangular butterflyfish

4044 - Eastern triangular butterflyfish - Chaetodon baronessa - 15cm

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Twin Rocks/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

Very similar to the Triangular butterflyfish (C. triangulum) from the Western Pacific. However, the latter has a large black triangular area on the tail fin.

Photographer: Bart Hazes



Butterflyfish - Eight-banded butterflyfish

4047 - Eight-banded butterflyfish - Chaetodon octofasciatus - 12cm

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Twin Rocks/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

There is a yellowish and whitish version and there can be a black spot at the base of the tail.

Photographer: Bart Hazes



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