Scientific Name: Chromis delta
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6.5cm
Identification: Gray; white band around base of tail, tail pale to translucent; black spot covers pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Steep outer reef slopes in 10-80m.
Location: West Pacific - Indonesia to Fiji. Taiwan to N. Great Barrier Reef.
Deep Reef Chromis
Masked Rabbitfish
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 16cm
Identification: Yellow with wavy broken blue lines arranged vertically on forebody and horizontal on rear; black bar across eye.
Favourite: In pairs; feed on tunicates and sponges.
Hide-out: Rich coral areas in 3-12m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Cocos-Keeling Is. to S. Micronesia and Gilbert Is. S. China Sea and S.W. Japan to S. Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Doublebar Chromis
Scientific Name: Chromis opercularis
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 16cm
Identification: Charcoal-gray with pale scale centers; narrow black bar on gill cover, and broad black bar from rear upper corner of gill cover to pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Form groups.
Hide-out: Outer reef slopes in 10-40m.
Location: Indian Ocean - E. Africa to Andaman Sea and Seribu Is. off Java, Indonesia.
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