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Coradion altivelis, Australia |
Coradion species Coralfish (Coradion altivelis McCulloch 1916, the Highfin Coralfish; Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier 1831), Orange-Banded Coralfish; C. melanopus (Cuvier 1831), Two-Eyed Coralfish), all from the tropical western Pacific and very similar in appearance (note presence of eyespots: none, one, two in order, by species). | Coradion altivelis McCulloch 1916, the Highfin Coralfish. Indo-West Pacific. To six inches in length. This one off of Heron Island, Australia's GBR. No ocellus and squarish caudal mark denote this species. | 
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| Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier 1831), the Goldengirdled Coralfish. Indo-Pacific; Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia to the Philippines. To six inches in length. Off of Pulau Redang, Malaysia and N. Sulawesi. An oval black caudal peduncle marking and single ocellus denote this species. |  
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| Coradion melanopus (Cuvier 1831), the Twospot Coralfish. Western Pacific: Indonesia to Papua New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago. To 15 cm. in length. N. Sulawesi pix. Not two ocelli. | 
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