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Indonesian flashlight fishes, Anomalops katoptron, top, is the more common of the two. Photoblepheron palpebratus tends to be found in smaller groups in rather deep caves, Both species are easy to see in TuIamben Ban: Anomalops on the wreck, and Photoblepheran on the wall. Both grow to about 10 centimeters long.

Skipjack (Katsu won is pelam is) grow to just under a meter in length, and are plump and streamlined, with a characteristic series of about five black lines on their bellies. They will not be seen on the reef itself, however, although there will be plenty In the fish market.

Triggerfish. Triggers (family Balistidae) are common fish at moderate depths on the reefs, where they hunt spiny crustaceans and echinoderms. Shaped like a compressed football and often exquisitely marked, they use powerful jaws to dispatch their hard-shelled prey. Large schools of the black triggerfish (Odonus niger), which is actually more blue in color, can be seen hovering off the reef walls, swimming with characteristic undulations of their fins. This fish is sometimes called the red-toothed trigger, although you have to look very closely to see that its teeth are, indeed, red.