Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Pale gray-white with bright yellow ventral and anal fins. Formerly considered a variation of White-belly Damsel.
Favourite: Generally solitary, occasionally in pairs.
Hide-out: Near shore and outer reefs in 4-40m.
Location: West Pacific - New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa.
Obicular Damsel
Black-Axil Chromis
Scientific Name: Chromis atripectoralis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Blue to pale green; black spot on axil of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Form large schools; feed in mid-water above coral thickets.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs in 2-15m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Mascarene and Seychelles Is. to Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe I.
Eight-Banded Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Description: Yellow Variation - Yellow to orange with 8 narrow black bars.
Favourite: Shelters among branching corals; feed exclusively on coral polyps.
Hide-out: Shallow protected lagoons (often turbid/silty) and inner reefs with good coral cover in 3-20m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Is. S.W. Japan to N. New Guinea.
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