Scientific Name: Abudefduf septemfasciatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 19cm
Identification: Whitish with 6-7 dark grayish bars, upper first 2-3 bars often intensely dark.
Favourite: Form small groups.
Hide-out: Rocky inshore reefs with mild to moderate surge conditions to 3m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
Banded Sergeant
Ocellated Pygmy Angelfish
Scientific Name: Centropyge nigriocellus
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: Pale yellowish or whitish; prominent black spot at base of pectoral fin base, ocellated spot on rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Shy, rarely observed.
Hide-out: Coral rubble areas in lagoons and along outer reefs in 4-15m.
Location: North Central Pacific - Scattered from Mariana Is. in Micronesia to Admiralty Is, Samoa, Line Is. and Johnston Atoll.
Brushtail Tang
Scientific Name: Zebrasoma scopas
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Yellowish brown gradating to nearly black on the tail; dark brush-like patch of bristles in front of white tail spine; tiny pale blue dots or lines on head and body.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs to 50m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Indonesia, Philippines and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe I.
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