Honeyhead Damsel

Scientific Name: Dischistodus prosopotaenia
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Identification: Golden brown with wide white bar on mid-body and white tail; black blotch below front dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Lagoon and inshore reefs with sand and silt bottoms to 12m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, north to Philippines.

Scribbled Rabbitfish

Scientific Name: Siganus spinus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Whitish undercolor with labyrinth brown broken bands; fins pale with dark mottling. Smallest member of family.
Favourite: Form small to large schools; graze on algae.
Hide-out: Coastal reef flats and outer reefs to 6m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - India to Society Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to S. Great Barrier Reef.

Blackvent Damsel

Scientific Name: Dischistodus melanotus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: White with broad brown area on upper head and forebody; dark brown patch on belly; large pale spots on gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and inshore coral reefs to 10m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia to Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, north to S.W. Japan.