Another fish Id please

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I have answered you on your tank thread, Sean. I am nearly sure that it is a "one spot damsel".... Hope I am correct!

I will search further.....
GOT IT! See below!
 
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Ok, give me a couple of minutes, I'll see if I can get a better shot, but that small fish is way too fast for my focus...
 
[SIZE=+2]Coris[/SIZE] [SIZE=+2]caudimacula [/SIZE](Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Family: Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Corinae picture (Cocau_u0.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
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Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Spottail coris
Max. size: 20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4392)
Environment: reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 – 57 m
Climate: tropical; 24 – 28°C
Importance: aquarium: commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Vulnerability: Low to moderate vulnerability (29.67), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Indian Ocean: northern Red Sea south to East London, South Africa and east to the northwest coast of Australia, extending to Shark Bay; including Green Island.
 
Thanks Jacques, Mekaeel and Alf and others. Ok, it is definately a Chrysiptera unimaculata as I just saw pics on a Japanese database- even though I cannot understand a word, the pics are identical... Check out: You can click on the link although it looks as if it is only stripes and lines, but definately working:

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