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Headband Humbug Damselfish

Actually a hard one to pick; shaped like a Humbug but without the give-away zebra striping. This one has a well pronounced scale pattern with dark band behind the head.

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Girdled Scalyfin

Scalyfin shaped – triangular posterior dorsal fin, rounded anal fin and forked tail. With brightband around its middle.

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Ambon Puller

Big eye (don’t confuse with bright-eye damsel); very pointy posterior dorsal and anal fins, and very forked tail, all with dark margins.  Body is pale yellowish brown.

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Golden Damsel

Classic damselfish shape – long pointed posterior dorsal and anal fins.  (Like some damsel in flowing silk attire).  Yellow-blue body with yellow pelvic and anal fins; darker blue band along top of back.

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Humbug

Three black and three white bands. Rises above the coral to feed on zooplankton.

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Dick’s Damsel

Identifiable by the dark bar towards the tail, behind which the tail is white.  Otherwise body is a pale brown.

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Sergeant Major

Also called the Indo-Pacific or Banded Sergeant for self-explanatory reasons.  Has five vertical bars (including one at base of tail) usually blue but sometimes almost black and often yellow on top.

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