Komodo Damsel

Scientific Name: Pomacentrus komodoensis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Brown with darker scale margins; blue iris with thin inner yellow ring. Juvenile - Reddish tinge on back and blue-edged black spot on dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Rock or boulder-strewn shorelines to 5m.
Location: Known only from Komodo I., Indonesia.

Mimic Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Acanthurus pyroferus
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Brown; curving black band from chin to upper edge of gill cover; orange patch above pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Usually solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs in 4-60m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

Bluntsnout Gregory

Scientific Name: Stegastes lividus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: Brown; large black blotch on base of rear dorsal fin and adjacent back (pale-edged black spot in Indian Ocean).
Favourite: Form groups; 'farm' algae; aggressive toward intruders.
Hide-out: Shelter in dead staghorn corals to 5m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga.