[Image]Scientific Name: Pristigenys niphonia Family: Bigeyes - Priacanthidae Maximum Size: 35cm Identification: Bright red rounded body with 5 narrow white bars, white dorsal spines; huge eye. Favourite: Solitary. Hide-out: Rare within safe diving depths; normally on steep outer reef slopes in 70-100m. Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Papua New Guinea. S. Japan to Australia.
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