Scientific Name: Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Brown with white bar across mid-body; rear edge of gill cover often dark, black spot on upper pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Rocky shores and reef flats exposed to wave action to 4m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia and Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japn to Australia.
Whiteband Damsel
Eclipse Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: Bright yellow; large blue-edged black spot on middle of back, pair of diagonal blue lines on lower body.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and on outer reefs in 5-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa, Maldives, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe I.
Johnston Damsel
Scientific Name: Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Yellowish tan, head often with bluish hue; broad, black bar across rear body.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Often associated with Acropora and Pocillopora branching corals in passages and outer reef slopes in 2-12m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Hawaii and Pitcaim Is., east of french Polynesia. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.
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