Scientific Name: Lepidozygus tapeinosoma
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Elongate body; greenish brown to yellowish upper body, bluish to pink below; usually a yellow spot at base of last dorsal fin rays.
Favourite: Form feeding aggregations high above bottom.
Hide-out: Often in areas of strong current in 5-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Line Is. and E. French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea.
Fusilier Damsel
Labels: Damsel
Barrier Reef Chromis
Scientific Name: Chromis nitida
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: White; black bordered brown 'skull-cap' runs from snout to mid-dorsal fin, black borders on tail and anal fin.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs in coral areas in 5-25m.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - Central and S. Great Barrier Reef, south to Sydney and Lord Howe I.
Labels: Chromis
Sweetwater Demoiselle
Scientific Name: Neopomacentrus aquadulcis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Charcoal-gray; fins (except pectorals) have fine blue margins, pectoral fin base dark; broadly rounded tail lobes. Nuptial males display white margin on tail lobes.
Favourite: Form small groups.
Hide-out: Tidal reaches of freshwater streams to 2m.
Location: S.E. Papua New Guinea from Morobe coast to Milne Bay.
Labels: Demoiselle






