Scientific Name: Plectroglyphidodon dickii
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 11cm
Identification: Tan with fine dark scale margins, white rear body and tail, pectoral fins have yellow hue; a narrow black bar across rear body.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and outer reefs to 12m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Blackbar Damsel
Labels: Damsel
Lined Rabbitfish
Scientific Name: Siganus lineatus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Pale gray with wavy orange lines, occasionally breaking into spots; large yellow spot below rear base of dorsal fin.
Favourite: Form large schools.
Hide-out: Lagoons, coastal reefs and mangroves to 25m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Maldives and Sri Lanka to Vanuatu. Borin Is. in S. Japan to N.W. Australia, S. Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
Labels: Rabbitfish
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.
Labels: Dascyllus






