Maximum length: 18 cm

Depth: 5 - 35 metres

The name refers to three spots: a black one on the forehead and one behind each gill cover.

These can also be lighter in colour.

The colouring is a vivid yellow, the mouth has bluish coloured lips.

Photo 1 Johnny: Embudu Maldives

  Maximum length: 15 cm

Depth: 5 - 35 m

Inhabits rock and coral reefs.

Eats algae, sponges and invertebrates.

Photo 1 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt

 Maximum length: 8 cm

Depth: 10 - 120 m

Face and breast are yellow to orange.

Dark blue body.

There is a blue ring around the eye.

Very shy, hides in crevices when approached, therefore very difficult to photograph.

Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean

  Maximum length: 8 cm

Depth: 25 - 200 metres

Face, neck, back and dorsal fin yellow to orange, body dark blue.

Occasionally found in the south-eastern islands of the Caribbean.

Inhabits deep reefs and occasionally steep walls, mostly below 25 metres.

Relatively shy towards divers, usually hides when approached.

Photo 1 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean

 Maximum length: 15 cm

Depth: 5 - 25 m

Head, front body and tail bright yellow with blue saddle over the eyes.

Hind body blue.

Found singly, in pairs or in small groups in lagoons and outer reefs, reef and rubble areas.

Photo 1 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi

Photo 2 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North Sulawesi

 Maximum length: 10 cm

Depth: 3 - 20 m

Widespread in Southeast Asia.

Rarer in coastal reefs, more common in oceanic deposits.

Photo 1 Johnny: Luxembourg

  Maximum length: 12 cm

Depth: 3 - 25 m

Pale grey body with a black flowing transition on the hind body.

The caudal fin has a fine blue edge.

There is a short orange-brown line on the gill cover.

Travel in loose groups or individually.

Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines

  Maximum length: 18 cm

Depth: 6 - 30 metres

Found in coastal reefs and lagoons.

Almost always swimming in pairs.

Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi

Photo 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North Sulawesi

  Maximum length: 20 cm

Depth: 15 - 60 metres

Inhabits coral-rich outer slopes and drop-offs.

Feeds on zooplankton in open water.

Not shy.

Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt

 Maximum length: 25 cm

Depth: 10 - 50 metres

The male has a yellow forehead spot.

In the female, the upper lateral stripe bends and extends to the entire underside of the caudal fin.

Photo 1 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines

  Maximum length: 45 cm

Depth: 5 - 30 metres

Dark blue spot on the forehead, with a bright blue ring and a yellow tail.

Chest, ventral fin and face are yellow, lips and gill covers are deep blue,

the scales are blue with a yellow border.

It can be found swimming slowly around the reef.

A little shy, yet curious.

When approached, they swim away,

but then often come back to watch the diver curiously.

Photo 1 + 4 Astrid: Bonaire Caribbean

Photos 2 + 3 + 5 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean

  Maximum length: 30 cm

Depth: 3 - 30 metres

The first third and the tail are yellow, the rest is black.

Some have blue lips.

They have fixed territories in the reef.

A little shy, yet curious.

They swim away when approached, but then often come back to watch the diver curiously.

Photo 1 Astrid: Bonaire Caribbean

Photos 2 - 3 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean

  Maximum length: 40 cm

Depth: 3 - 40 m

Inhabits murky inland reefs or muddy outer reefs with little coral growth.

It is only found in the Red Sea, but rather rarely as it is always well hidden.

Photo 1 Astrid: Hurghada Egypt

  Maximum length: 40 cm

Depth: 3 - 70 m

Open under overhangs and near caves in coral-rich areas.

Single or in pairs.

Photo 1 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi

Photos 2 - 3 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt

 Maximum length: 50 cm

Depth: 2 - 60 m

Found in shallow lagoons and coral-rich outer reefs.

Eats sponges and algae.

Not shy.

Photos 1 - 2 Astrid: Hurghada Egypt

  Maximum length: 25 cm

Depth: 3 - 40 metres

Blue pectoral fin, yellow to orange body and tail.

In front of the tail is a dark blue area that extends over the anal fin and over the belly to the forehead.

A shy fish that usually travels alone near its hiding place.

Photo 1 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi

Photo 2 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines

  Maximum length: 45 cm

Depth: 5 - 30 metres

Black body with bright yellow scales and a rounded tail fin.

A bright yellow ring runs around its eyes.

Apart from the pectoral fins, which are yellow at the base, all fins are black.

Often swims in pairs in the reef, 

Confident, you can get close to them.

Photos 1 - 3 + 6 - 7 Astrid: Bonaire Caribbean.

Photos 4 + 5 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean.

 Maximum length: 40 cm

Depth: 5 - 45 metres

The largest angelfish in the Maldives, it makes a drumming noise when disturbed.

Photo 1 Johnny: Embudu Maldives

  Maximum length: 25 cm

Depth: 1 - 50 m

This species prefers to eat sponges and is very common in the Indo-Pacific, but they have the most beautiful colours in the Red Sea.

Photo 1 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines

Photo 2 Astrid: Hurghada Egypt