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Lethrinidae (emperors)
Gnathodentex aurolineatus (Lacepe`de 1802) Seen shoaling with Mulloides vanicolensis.
Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsska˚l 1775) Seen in groups of three or four.
Lethrinus elongatus Valenciennes 1830 Single individual seen with shoal of Caranx lugubris.
Mullidae (goatfishes)
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepe`de 1801)
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes
1831)
Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepe`de 1801) BPBM 17058, 2: 114–117 mm SL.
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepe`de 1801)
Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepe`de 1801)
Pempheridae (sweepers)
Pempheris otaitensis Cuvier 1831 BPBM 17074, 133 mm SL.
Kyphosidae (sea chubbs)
Kyphosus bigibbus (Lacepe`de 1802) Common at all sites. Some individuals, temporarily
dark grey with yellow spots seen within shoals. [Yellow
individual seen within shoal at Ducie.]
Ephippidae (spadefishes)
Platax sp. One individual seen in the distance, probably P.
orbicularis.
Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes)
Chaetodon auriga (Forsska˚l 1775)
Chaetodon flavirostris Gu¨nther 1874) BPBM 17107, 162 mm SL.
Chaetodon lunula (Lacepe`de 1803)
Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier 1831
Chaetodon ornatissimus Solander in Cuvier
1831
Chaetodon pelewensis Kner 1868 Commonest butterflyfish seen.
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray 1833 BPBM 12277, 120 mm SL. BPBM 17065, 69 mm SL.
Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier 1831
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch 1787
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor Careful examination of photographs suggest that both
1898 species of Forcipiger are present.
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet 1782)
Heniochus monoceros Cuvier 1831
Pomacanthidae (angelfishes)
Centropyge flavissimus Cuvier 1831
Centropyge loriculus (Gu¨nther 1860)
Genicanthus spinus Randall 1975
Genicanthus watanabei Yasuda &
Tominago 1970
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch 1787)
Pomacentridae (damselfishes)
Chromis agilis Smith 1960
Chromis bami Randall & McCosker 1992
Chromis pamae Randall & McCosker 1992
Chrysiptera galba Allen & Randall 1974
Dascyllus flavicaudus Allen & H Randall
1977
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant &
Sauvage 1875) BPBM 17085, 6: 18–46 mm SL.
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler &
Ball 1924 BPBM 17049, 48 mm SL.
Plectoglyphidodon leucozona (Bleeker 1859) BPBM 17052, 86 mm SL.
Plectoglyphidodon phoenixensis (Shultz 1943) BPBM 17060, 4: 35–50 mm SL.
PomaChromis fuscidorsalis Allen & Randall
1974
Stegastes emeryi (Allen & Randall 1974) BPBM 17050, 2: 56–59 mm SL.
Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby 1889) BPBM 17082, 2: 22–23 mm.
Labridae (wrasses)
Anampses caeruleopunctatus Ru¨ppell 1828
Bodianus anthioides (Bennett 1831) Seen deeper than 30 m.
Bodianus axillaris (Bennett 1831)
Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacepe`de 1801) BPBM 16588, 265 mm SL.
Cheilinus undulatus Ru¨ppell 1835 Only one individual seen at about 30 m.