Scarface Damsel, Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier 1830)
Other Names: Behn's Damsel, Black & Yellow Damsel, Black-and-Yellow Damsel, Scar-face Damsel-fish, Yellowfin Damsel
A Yellowtail Damsel, Neoglyphidodon nigroris, at Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Adults are variable in colour from mostly dark brown, to greyish-brown with bright yellow on the rear of the body, a paler face and dusky bars below the eye and behind the preopercle. Juveniles are bright yellow with a pair of black stripes along the head and body, and a black spot at the pectoral-fin base.
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Dianne J. Bray, Neoglyphidodon nigroris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Dec 2020, http://126.96.36.199/Home/species/360