Scientific Name: Chrysiptera sinclairi
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: Brilliant blue with blue streaks and small blotches on lower head and breast.
Favourite: Form small groups.
Hide-out: Shelter within branching corals of protected seaward reefs and lagoons to 15m.
Location: Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea from Manus I. to N. Solomon Is.
Sinclair's Demoiselle
Silver-Streaked Damsel
Scientific Name: Altrichthys azurelineatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: Whitish with narrow silver streak on each scale, joining to form narrow lines; black margin on dorsal fin and borders of tail.
Favourite: Adults in pairs; guard broods of 20-100 babies; young form groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered reefs coral in 2-8m.
Location: Calamian Group north of Palawan in Philippines.
Darwin Damsel
Scientific Name: Dischistodus darwinensis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: White with five brown bars; often yellowish upper head and back.
Hide-out: Coral or rock outcroppings on sheltered shoreline reefs with silt and sand bottoms to 8m.
Location: N.W. Cape, W. Australia to Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland.
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