Reticulated Dascyllus

Scientific Name: Dascyllus reticulatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: White to tan with diffuse black bar behind head, often rear body and tail dusky; usually small blue sppots on head; black margin on dorsal fin.
Hide-out: Shelter within branching corals on inshore and outer reefs to 50m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Cocos-Keeling Is. to Indonesia, Samoa and Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific. S.W. Japan to N.W. and E. Australia.

Indian Dascyllus

Scientific Name: Dascyllus cameus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 7cm
Identification: Tan head, white body with diffuse black bar between; broad black margin on dorsal fin.
Favourite: Form groups; shelter within branching corals when threatened.
Hide-out: Inshore and outer reefs in 5-35m.
Location: Indian Ocean - E. Africa to Andaman Sea and Java Sea in Indonesia.

Orangefin Dascyllus

Scientific Name: Dascyllus auripinnis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Bright orange ventral, anal, and tail fins, and yellow orange hue on lower body.
Favourite: Usually form groups near anemones.
Hide-out: Coral and rocky reefs in 3-45m.
Location: Line and Phoenix Is. in Central Pacific.

Three-Spot Dascyllus

Scientific Name: Dascyllus trimaculatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Gray with black scale edges, fins dark except rear dorsal; occasionally a suffusion of yellow or orange on head and breast.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Coral and rocky reefs to 55m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and French Polynesia (absent Hawaii and Marquesas Is).