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Created 6/16/2019

Family Pomacentridae

WEST PACIFIC

Dascyllus melanurus

Palau, 6 feet 
   

BLACK-TAILED DASCYLLUS

Occasional among branching corals surrounded by sand in shallow water.  Caudal fin  black, white in the look-alike Dascyllus aruanus. Attains 3 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa, Micronesia and Vanuatu.