Two IDs from New Britain PNG....

[blueeyes_austin]

About 3 inches long, hiding in a coral head at night in about 5m down:



And this is a pretty common starfish...so common I didn't write it in my log, as it happens.



Thanks!

 

[maractwin]

The starfish is Choriaster granulatus.

The fish looks like an anthias. There are many different species, and with the sleeping color pattern likely different than their daytime pattern, I can't offer a guess as to which one it is.

-Mark

 

[blueeyes_austin]

The starfish is Choriaster granulatus.

The fish looks like an anthias. There are many different species, and with the sleeping color pattern likely different than their daytime pattern, I can't offer a guess as to which one it is.

-Mark

Many thanks!

Yep, its an anthias...the morphology is spot on. I have some other photos with these fish in them, so perhaps I can track down the species.