Chromis agilis
(1: Reef's End, Molokini / 2: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 3: Moku'ho'oniki Rock, Molokai / 4,6: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 5: Kua Bay, Kona / 7: Happy Talk, Kauai / 8: Moray Eel Cove, Kona)
Bright-Eye Damselfish
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis
(1: The Dome, Kona / 2: Kua Bay, Kona)
Blackfin Chromis
Chromis vanderbilti
(1,4: Golden Arches, Kona / 2-3: The Dome, Kona / 5: Coral Galleries, Kauai / 6: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 7: Hoover's, Kona / 8: Dog Beach, Kona)
Blackspot Sergeant
Abudefduf sordidus
(1: Kamaole Beach Park III, Maui / 2: Two Step, Kona / 3: Dog Beach, Kona / 4: Kua Bay, Kona)
Blue-Eye Damselfish
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus
(1,2: Shark Pit, Maui / 3,5: Pipe Dreams, Kona / 4,6: Golden Arches, Kona / 7: Coral Galleries, Kauai)
Chocolate Dip Chromis
Chromis hanui
(1: Reef's End, Molokini / 2: Coral Galleries, Kauai / 3: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 4: Sea Tiger, Oahu / 5: Corsair, Oahu / 6: Fish Rain, Molokai / 7: Happy Talk, Kauai)
Hawaiian Dascyllus
Dascyllus albisella
(1,4-5: Mala Pier, Maui / 2: The Dome, Kona / 3: Coral Galleries, Kauai / 6-8: Lip Service, Kauai)
These turn much darker at night:
(1: Pawai, Kona / 2: Garden Eel Cove, Kona)
These are juveniles:
(1-2: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona / 3-4: Dog Neach, Kona)
Hawaiian Gregory
Stegastes marginatus
(1: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 2: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona / 3: Two Step, Kona / 4: Ice Box, Kauai / 5: Three Fingers, Kauai / 6: Mario World, Oahu / 7: Turtle Canyons, Oahu)
Hawaiian Sergeant
Abudefduf abdominalis
(1: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 2: Pawai, Kona / 3: Pipe Dreams, Kona / 4: Fast Lanes, Kauai / 5: Three Fingers, Kauai / 6: Mario World, Oahu / 7: Olowalu, Maui)
These are frequently seen guarding their purple eggs:
(1: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 2: Dog Beach, Kona / 3: Skull Cave, Kona)
Indo-Pacific Sergeant
Abudefduf vaigiensis
(1: Mala Pier, Maui / 2: Pentagon, Kona / 3: Golden Arches, Kona / 4-5: Tortugas, Kauai / 6: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 7: Koko Craters, Oahu / 8: Olowalu, Maui)
The Indo-Pacific sergeant has a blue tint to its dark stripes; the Hawaiian sergeant doesn't. The yellow stripe is higher up on the Indo-Pacific sergeant as well.
Reproductive males are very blue; these are protecting eggs:
(1-2: Koko Craters, Oahu)
Oval Chromis
Chromis ovalis
(1: Ice Box, Kauai / 2-3: Kanaka Nui, Kauai / 4: Mario World, Oahu / 5: Olowalu, Maui / 6: Mala Pier, Maui / 7: Barge Harbor North, Lanai)
These are juveniles:
(1-2: Ice Box, Kauai / 3: Stone House, Kauai)
Threespot Chromis
Chromis verater
(1: Moku'ho'oniki Rock, Molokai / 2: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 3: Tortugas, Kauai / 4: Three Fingers, Kauai / 5: First Cathedral, Lanai / 6: Sheraton, Kona)
The threespot chromis can hide its spots and become a uniform black, as shown in the second picture.
White-Tail Chromis
Chromis leucura
(1: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 2: Camp One, Kauai / 3-4: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 5: Turtle Heaven, Kona)