Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: Whitish to pale green or olive; narrow silver streak on each scale join to form narrow lines.
Favourite: Adults in pairs; guard broods of 20-100 babies; young form groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered reefs in 2-10m.
Location: Calamian Group and Cuyo Is. north of Palawan in Philippines.
Guardian Damsel
Onespot Demoiselle
Scientific Name: Chrysiptera unimaculata
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Usually pale brown to gray forebody with dark rear body, occasionally entirely dark, yellowish pectoral fins; usually dark blotch or spot on rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Wave-exposed reef flats to 2m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Fiji. S.W. Japan to Australia and the Coral Sea.
Bicolor Rabbitfish
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 22cm
Identification: Chocolate-brown to rear dorsal and anal fin then abruptly yellow to tail, yellow pectoral fins; protruding snout.
Favourite: In pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and seaward reefs to 8m.
Location: Known only from New Caledonia and Fiji.
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