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Updated 9/25/2023

Family Pomacentridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Juvenile, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Red Hill, Hawaii, 50 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

 



Honokohau, Hawaii, 25 feet


Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet

BLUE-EYE DAMSELFISH

A common solitary inhabitant of large Pocillopora coral upon which it feeds.  Hawaiian adults are olive green transitioning to dark gray toward the tail with neon blue iris and fin margins, juveniles pale greenish yellow with iridescent blue markings, Indo-Pacific adults yellow with a diffuse black bar near the tail.  Attains 4 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawaii, and Pitcairn.