Scientific Name: Neoglyphidodon oxyodon
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Gray with black scale outlines and blackish fins. Similar Black Damsel has darker coloration.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered shoreline reefs, lagoons and reef flats to 4m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines and Ashmore Reef (Timor Sea).
Javanese Damsel
Golden Rabbitfish
Scientific Name: Siganus guttatus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Pale gray with numerous orangish gold spots; large yellow spot below rear base of dorsal fin.
Favourite: Form small to large schools.
Hide-out: Lagoons, coastal reefs and mangroves to 25m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to Irian Jaya in E. Indonesia, north to S.W. Japan.
Threeband Anemonefish
Scientific Name: Amphiprion tricinctus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Entirely black to dark brown or with variable amounts of yellow orange; three white or pale bluish bars.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs in 3-40m.
Location: Marshall Is. in Micronesia.
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