Scientific Name: Chrysiptera oxycephala
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Yellowish gray with numerous tiny blue spots; dusky 'mask' from upper lip to eye. Juvenile - Blue head and upper body, grayish to yellowish below.
Favourite: Form small to large groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered shoreline reefs and lagoons in rich coral areas to 16m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines, Palau and Papua New Guinea.
Bluespot Demoiselle
Humpnose Bigeye Bream
Scientific Name: Monotaxis grandoculis
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Black to gray, silver or brown back gradating to pale underside, often yellowish tints on head; black spot on base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.
Semicircle Angelfish
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Greenish brown with blue spotting, pale yellowish lips; blue margins on cheek, spine and gill cover, narrow blue margins on rear dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sheltered inshore reefs to 40m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa too Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji. S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.
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