It can only be Montipora capricornis if it is plating and has "Corallites are immersed. There are no tuberculae or papillae. The coenosteum is coarse. "
There are many different species of plating Montipora. M. capricornis is one, and not all that common, it seems to be the general name for all plating Montiporas for some reason. Not that the color will make a difference when identifying but I have never seen an orange Montipora capricornis. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0268
I would need to see a closer focused picture of the corallites and new growth to be more specific than plating Montipora. From those pics there are about a dozen of possibilities.
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