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Damselfish
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for members of the large family Pomacentridae, marine fishes of tropical waters.
Damselfish
Damselfish can refer to any of the following:
The family Pomacentridae, comprising about 400 species of marine fish;
All members of that family other than the Clownfishes ...
Humbug damselfish
Class: Actinopterygii
Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed.
Komodo dragon ...
Amblyglyphidodon aureus, Golden Damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster, Yellowbelly Damselfish
Ameloctopus Ameloctopus litoralis, Banded string-arm octopus
Amphiprion sandaracinos, Yellow Clownfish
Amphiprion akallopisos, Skunk Clownfish ...
Larval development of the Ambon damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis), with a summary of pomacentrid development.
Larval development of the Indo-Pacific perciform fish, Centrogenys vaigiensis (Pisces: Centrogeniidae) ...
Clownfish belong to a group of small, brightly colored fish called damselfish. These inshore reef dwellers have developed a curious and potentially deadly relationship with the sea anemone.
Breeding ...
Perhaps most notably, individual and/or paired damselfish prove to be extremely successful in their defense of an algal grazing territory.
Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses Labridae, damselfish Pomacentridae, and surfperches Embiotocidae. This family is both large and diverse.
SUBORDER LABROIDEI
Includes cichlids, surfperches, damselfishes, anemonefishes, wrasses, parrotfishes
CICHLIDS
SERGEANT MAJOR ...
Some of the groups of fish species found on coral reefs are as follows; requiem sharks, moray eels, hawk fish, groupers, surgeonfish, parrot fish, butterfly fish, sweepers, damselfish, wrasses, velvet fish, puffers, gobies, filefish, triggerfish, ...
Shaws Cowfish, Shiner Surfperch, Shrimp Fish, Spanish Hogfish, Squirrel Fish, Squrespot Anthias, Starry Flounder, Stinging Seacat, Stonefish, Stoplight Parrotfish, Striped Surfperch (Emblotoca lateralis), Threadfin Sculpin, Three Stripe Damselfish, ...
 See also: Coral, Parrot, Butterflyfish, Surgeonfish, Wrasse
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