Scientific Name: Pomacentrus taeniometopon
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Dark brown to nearly black with yellowish tail; often with neon-blue markings on upper head and rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Mangrove areas and lower reaches of freshwater streams to 4m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan and S.W. Japan.
Brackish Damsel
Labels: Damsel
Foxface Rabbitfish
Scientific Name: Siganus vulpinus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 24cm
Identification: Yellow body; white head with black band from protruding snout to dorsal fin, black breast marking.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and outer reefs, often shelter in staghorn corals, to 30m.
Location: West Pacific - Sumatra in Indonesia to Gilbert Is. Taiwan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
Labels: Rabbitfish
Ward's Damsel
Scientific Name: Pomacentrus wardi
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Brown with no distinctive markings. Juvenile - Yellow with blue lines on upper head, large ocellated spot on dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Coastal and offshore reefs to 20m.
Location: Great Barrier Reef and E. Australian coast south to Sydney area.
Labels: Damsel






