Damselfish is white to grayish tan in coloration with diffuse black bar behind head. Often rear body and tail dusky and small blue spots on head. Black margin on dorsal fin.
Terminal phase males are dark green in coloration; blue-green head, green body. Dark streak on pectoral fin. The initial phase bird wrasse has many different color phases but always has the curved snout.
Gray. All of the fins on the three-spot dascyllus are dark except the back half of the dorsal fin which is clear. Depending upon geographic location, the three-spot dascyllus may exhibit some yellow or orange coloration. Juveniles are black with large white spot on foreheads and another on middle upper back.
Light gray to brownish purple or red with three to four wide bars on the body, including one dark bar at the base of the tail, which distinguishes it from similar looking goatfish with bars but that have white at the base of the tail. Manybar goatfish will also often a dark streak at the eye.
Drak green to brown with distinctive orange diagonal lines cover this triggerfish There is also sometimes a large black blotch at the base of the tail.
The rising height of the dorsal and anal fins on this butterflyfish give this fish an overall triangular shape. The Eastern triangular butterflyfish has alternating chevron-markings that are gray and yellow. Its tail fin is yellowish gray.
White to yellowish head and forebody that becomes bluish towards tail. Dark stripe that extends from the snout and becomes thicker toward the tail. Juvenile individuals are navy blue with a neon blue stripe from snout to tail.
Male: Shades of red with yellow spots on scales or shades or purple with tints of yellow/green. Purple blotch on outer pectoral fin. Long third dorsal spine.
The golden damsel is indeed golden. No other noticeable markings are on the golden damsel except for faint blue rings around the eyes. This deep-bodied damselfish has long, pointed dorsal and anal fins.
The bridled monocle bream has a grayish brown upper body with two to three, yellowish white bands. The lower body is white. A black-edged white band extends from below the eye to the back half of the dorsal fin. The first half of the dorsal fin is yellow. This bream also has a large white blotch underneath the back half of the dorsal fin.