Multispine Damsel

Scientific Name: Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Adult gray-brown with yellowish pectoral fins; sub-adult (pictured) blue with dark scale outlines; yellow belly.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coral and rocky reefs in 2-30m.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - S. Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Is.

Java Rabbitfish

Scientific Name: Siganus javus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 53cm
Identification: Pale gray with numerous bluish white spots and wavy gray lines, yellowish head and dorsal and anal fins; large black blotch on tail.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, occasionally in brackish water mangroves to 15m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Arabian Gulf to Vanuatu. S. Japan and Philippines to N.E. Australia.

Carlson's Damsel

Scientific Name: Neoglyphidodon carlsoni
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Head and body charcoal gray with black scale outlines. Juveniles - Similar, but with thin blue streak along back.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Near entrances of caves and ledges; difficult to detect among shadows. Fringing reefs and lee side of platform reefs in 1-5m.
Location: Known only from Fiji.