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Bluespot Damsel

Pomacentrus grammorhynchus

Also known as: Azurespot Damselfish, Orangetail Damsel

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
Adult
@fishx6 · Blow Holes, Carnarvon, WA, Australia · June 20131 / 2

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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, sheltering in branching corals, close to lagoons, passages, and shorelines.

Damselfish are egg layers.
First they clear a site ready for a nest, then engage in a mating dance with rapid swimming and fin movements, during this time the males will often turn a shade or two darker and may display white blotches. Spawning occurs at dawn.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
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Found singly or in small schools, sheltering in branching corals, close to lagoons, passages, and shorelines.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusPomacentrus
    7. speciesPomacentrus grammorhynchus Fowler, 1918

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    More in the family

    Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)