DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

POMACENTRIDAE (DAMSELFISHES)

Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker
(Dusky Anemonefish; Fomho)
SL: to 9 cm (photo: 8 cm SL, Apra Harbor, 17 m)

This species, Guam’s most common anemonefish, occurs on reef flats and protected reefs to a depth of 18 m.  It often occurs in large colonies in extensive beds of the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor.

W. PACIFIC: E. Indies to the Tuamotus, n. to the Marianas, s. to New Caledeonia.