Damselfishes: fishes of the family Pomacentridae

Scissor-Tail Sargeant near the surface

Scissor-Tail Sargeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) swimming near the surface within the Rock islands of Koror, Rebublic of Palau.

Clark's Anemonefish

Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) posing out of its host anemone in German Channel, Koror, Republic of Palau

Guard duty

Orange-Fin Anemonefish rises to guard its host anemone

Pink Anemonefish

A Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion tricintus) over its host anemone

Three Pink Anemonefish

Three Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion tricintus) waiting to enter their host anemone at Ble Corner, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Orange-Fin Anemonefish

Orange-Fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) hovers over its host anemone

Pink Anemonefish

A pair of Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion tricintus) in their host anemone

Pink Anemonefish at home

Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion tricinctus) in their anemone home at Big Dropoff, Koror, Republic of Palau

Hawaiian Dascyllus courtship

A Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisell) pair courting off Niihau, Hawaii.

Dascyllus at night

Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus absiella) hoover as a group in the water column directly over their preferred coral head habitat which is about one meter in diameter. Photographed at night offshore of Kauaii Island, Hawaii.

Threespot Chromis

A Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) and Mackeral Scad (Decapterus macarellus) form a background for ths group of Threespot Chromis (Chromis verater) off Niihau, Hawaii. Photographed while scuba diving using a Nikon D3X camera in a Seacam housing equipped with a Seacam modified Nikonos RS 20-35mm lens and two Retra underwater strobes.

Blue-eye Damselfish (Plectroglyphiododon johnsonianus)

A pair of Blue-eye Damselfish (Plectroglyphiododon johnsonianus) next to a Molokini Crater reef near Maui, Hawaii.

Hawaiian Dascyllus

The Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) is a Hawaiian endemic fish species. This example was photographed under water while scuba diving near Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Agile Chromis schooling over Finger Coral

Agile Chromis (Chromis agilis) schooling over Finger Coral (Porites compressa).

Hawaiian Dascyllus and Bicolor Anthias

Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) and Bicolor Anthias (Pseudanthias bicolor) hover over a dead coral head.

Blackfin Chromis

Blackfin Chromis (Chromis vanderbilti) is a Hawaiian endemic fish species.

Hawaiian Dascyllus finning over its algae garden.

Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) finning over its algae garden.

A group of four Hawaiian Dascyllus

A group of four Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.

A school of Hawaiian Dascyllus

A school of Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.

A school of Hawaiian Dascyllus

A school of Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella), a Hawaiian endemic fish, off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring. This photograph was taken while scuba diving with Jack's Diving Locker at the Golden Arches dive site.

A school of Hawaiian Dascyllus over bleached antler coral

A school of Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella), a Hawaiian endemic fish, over a bleached antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring. This photograph was taken while scuba diving with Jack's Diving Locker at the Golden Arches dive site.

Schooling Hawaiian Sargeant

Schooling Hawaiian Sargeant (Abudefduf abdominalis) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.

Head-on underwater view of a Hawaiian Sergeant

Head-on underwater view of a Hawaiian Sergeant (Abudefduf abdominalis) with its mate off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.

Endemic Hawaiian Sargeant

Lateral underwater view of the endemic Hawaiian Sargeant (Abudefduf abdominalis) off the Kona coast, The Big island, Hawaii.

Threespot Chromis portrait

Threespot Chromis (Chromis verater) portrait taken while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.