title: Rabaulichthys
text: # Rabaulichthys
  
  Rabaulichthys is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae with four species, ranging sizes from 6 to 6.4 cm long, all of which are found in areas including the Western Central Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwest Pacific, and Western Indian Ocean.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The genus is named after the town of Rabaul in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, which is best known as the site of a 1942 battle between Japanese and Allied forces in WW2.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Rabaulichthys altipinnis Allen, 1984 (Sailfin anthias)
  * Rabaulichthys squirei Randall & Walsh, 2010
  * Rabaulichthys stigmaticus Randall & Pyle, 1989 (Spotfin anthias)
  * Rabaulichthys suzukii Masuda & Randall, 2001
  