Thursday, November 10, 2011

YellowTail Blue Damselfish



You located the YellowTail in the Western Pacific including Solomon Islands, northern Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Ryukyu Islands. There is a doubtful record from the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, Australia.

Three Striped Damselfish



Striped Damselfish is located in the Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea and East Africa to the Line, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Sydney, Australia. Striped Damselfish has color in life white with 3 black bars; a large brown spot on dorsal part of snout and interorbital; lips dusky or white; caudal fin pale; pelvic fins black; pectorals transparent.Territorial, inhabit shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats. Form large aggregations above staghorn Acropora thickets or in smaller groups above isolated coral heads. Feed on zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and algae.

Three Spot Damselfish



Spot Damselfish can be found in the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea and East Africa to the Line and Pitcairn islands, north to southern Japan, south to Sydney, Australia. Three Spot has a Juveniles over all black with scale centers bluish; white blotch on forehead and upper sides; all fins black except the transparent pectoral and outer portion of soft dorsal rays. Geographic and behavioral color of adults variable; no spot on forehead; spot on upper sides very reduced; head and fins normally black; scales with black margins. Margins of preorbital, suborbital and preoperculum finely serrated. Adults inhabit coral and rocky reefs, juveniles often commensal with large sea anemones, sea urchins, or small coral heads.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Talbot's Damselfish



The Talbot's Damselfish also known as the Talbot's demoiselle.Found swimming in the Western Pacific, Andaman Sea in the eastern Indian Ocean to Fiji, north to Palau, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef. Recently recorded from Tonga.

Smith's Damselfish



The Smith Damselfish are found in the Western Central Pacific, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and New Hebrides. Description of Smith Series of small blue spots along scale rows, especially anteriorly over the back. Adults inhabit live coral patches often in silty areas of lagoons and inshore reefs. They occur in small to large groups. Feed in midwater above live coral heads. 

Sergeant Major Damselfish



Swims in the Atlantic Ocean, Canada to Rhode Island, USA to Uruguay in the western Atlantic, abundant on Caribbean reefs; around islands of the mid-Atlantic, Cape Verde, and along the tropical coast of western Africa south to Angola. The major small description are greenish yellow above, shading to white below, with 5 prominent vertical black bars that narrow toward belly. A faint sixth bar may be present posteriorly on caudal peduncle; a black spot at upper base of pectoral fin.Greenish yellow above, shading to white below, with 5 prominent vertical black bars that narrow toward belly. A faint sixth bar may be present posteriorly on caudal peduncle; a black spot at upper base of pectoral fin.

Reticulated Damselfish



You can find this fish in the Pacific Ocean, Cocos-Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean to Samoa and the Line Islands, north to southern Japan etc.....Here is a short Short description, color variable according to ecological and behavioral conditions: basically body whitish with snout, interorbital and forehead greenish; black bar on anterior and a fainter one on posterior part of the body.Adults occur in outer lagoon and seaward reefs. They inhabit branching coral heads, particularly Pocillopora eydouxi. Form schools, often in silty habitats.