Scientific Name: Neopomacentrus filamentosus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Gray-brown, rear dorsal and tail fins abruptly clear; narrow blue margin on most fins.
Hide-out: Soft bottoms of lagoons and inshore reefs also around coral and rock outcroppings or wreckage in 5-12m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to N. Australia and Coral Sea, north to Philippines.
Brown Demoiselle
Labels: Demoiselle
Emperor Angelfish
Scientific Name: Pomacanthus imperator
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 38cm
Identification: Vivid alternating blue and yellow stripes and yellow tail; blue-edged black eye mask, broad blue-edged black bar behind head.
Favourite: Solitary; make loud drumming sound when alarmed.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 6-60m.
Location: Indo Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Indonesia, Philippines, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N. & E. Australia.
Labels: Angelfish
White Damsel
Scientific Name: Dischistodus perspicillatus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 19cm
Identification: White to pale green; highly variable markings include 2 or 3 black to dusky spots, saddles or bars on forehead, mid-back and rear back.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups, aggressive.
Hide-out: Lagoon and inshore reefs with sand, silt and seagrass bottoms to 10m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to N.W. Australia, Great Barrier Reef and Vanuatu, north to Palau and Philippines.
Labels: Damsel






