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Cocoa Damselfish

Stegastes variabilis

Photo by bmaltz730
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Field Notes

Description:

1-2 inch fish, The head and upper body is purple and the lower body and tail is yellow. Although, the yellow and purple both diminish into each other, so a small streak of yellow is at the head and a small streak of purple is at the tail. It is fast and slim. It has a few faded blue dots on the purple head.

Habitat:

Coral reefs, it likes to live around coral mounds for hiding.

Notes:

Saw it in Bird Island Reef

Species ID Suggestions

Fairy Basslet

Royal Dottyback

Cocoa damselfish

Stegastes variabilis

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PublishedApril 1, 2011

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