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Updated 12/14/2023

Family Pomacentridae

WEST PACIFIC

Pomacentrus vaiuli


Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 30 feet

Palau, 10 feet

PRINCESS DAMSEL

Common on mixed reef at any depth.  Ocellated spot on rear dorsal fin, dark spots at 'ear' and upper pectoral base.  Lack of light/dark bar on caudal peduncle distinguishes it from P. bankanensis.  Attains 5 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa, east to Fiji.