Scientific Name: Chromis retrofasciata
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 5.5cm
Identification: Yellowish tan with whitish tail; dark band above eye, black bar across rear edge of body.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Stay near bottom of lagoons and on outer reefs in 5-65m.
Location: West Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to Great Barrier Reef and Fiji.
Blackbar Chromis
Colin's Damsel
Scientific Name: Pomacentrus colini
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Gray with darker scale outlines and large white patch on upper rear body extending onto dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Shoreline reefs and lagoons in 10-18m.
Location: S.E. Papua New Guinea from Port Moresby to Milne Bay.
Meyer's Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Description: White to bluish white; curving black bands converging near pectoral fin, yellowish rim encircles body.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of clear lagoons and seaward reefs in 2-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa, Maldives and Bay of Bengal to Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia and Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
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