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Ornate Butterflyfish
Chaetodon ornatissimus
The Ornate Butterflyfish is a reef-dwelling Indo-Pacific butterflyfish known for its yellow body, bold blue-edged bars, and strong dependence on live coral. It is not a typical angling target and is rarely taken intentionally.
Ornate Cowfish
Aracana ornata
Ornate Cowfish (Aracana ornata) is a small, boxy marine fish with a distinctive armored body and ornate patterning. It lives on temperate coastal reefs and rocky areas of southern Australia, where it moves slowly over the bottom and picks at small benthic prey.
Ornate Ghostpipefish
Solenostomus paradoxus
The Ornate Ghostpipefish is a highly camouflaged relative of seahorses and pipefishes, often drifting head-down among feather stars and soft corals. It is a rare, non-game species with little role in angling and is mostly encountered by divers and underwater photographers.
Ornate Sandgoby
Istigobius ornatus
The Ornate Sandgoby (Istigobius ornatus) is a small Indo-Pacific goby of shallow sandy and rubble bottoms, often near reefs and seagrass. It is not a major angling target; most records come from habitat surveys and scientific sampling rather than sport fishing.
Ornate Wrasse
Thalassoma pavo
Ornate Wrasse is a brightly colored Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic reef wrasse with strong sexual color change. It forages constantly over rocky reefs and seagrass, picking small crustaceans, mollusks, and other benthic invertebrates from the bottom.
Oval-spot Butterflyfish
Chaetodon speculum
Oval-spot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon speculum) is a reef-associated butterflyfish of Indo-Pacific coral and rubble habitats. It is usually seen in pairs or small groups and feeds by picking tiny benthic invertebrates from the reef.
Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish
Chlorurus spilurus
Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish is a reef-dwelling Indo-Pacific parrotfish known for its heavy beaklike teeth and strong jaw used to scrape algae and coral rock. It is generally not a targeted angling species and is more often encountered by divers on coral reefs than by anglers.
Pacific Creolefish
Cephalopholis colonus
Pacific Creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus) is a small serranid reef fish of the eastern Pacific, usually tied to rocky reefs and offshore islands. It is a benthic predator that ambushes small fishes and crustaceans; it is not a major target for anglers and is rarely encountered on purpose.
Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish
Chaetodon ulietensis
The Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish is a reef-associated butterflyfish recognized by its two dark “saddles” on the body and yellow-and-white pattern. It feeds mostly on small benthic invertebrates and coral-associated organisms, and is mainly encountered by divers rather than anglers.
Pacific Herring
Clupea pallasii
Pacific herring is a schooling forage fish of cold coastal waters and estuaries across the North Pacific. It feeds on plankton and is a key prey species for salmon, seabirds, and marine mammals; anglers usually target it as bait rather than as a primary sport fish.
Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish
Naso lituratus
Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish is a reef-associated surgeonfish with a distinctive orange caudal peduncle spine and a long, pointed snout. It grazes on algae in clear tropical Indo-Pacific waters and is usually encountered by divers more than anglers.
Pacific Sailfin Tang
Zebrasoma velifer
The Pacific Sailfin Tang is a reef-dwelling surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific, prized in the aquarium trade. It has a tall, sail-like dorsal fin and uses its beaklike mouth to graze algae on coral and rock surfaces.