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Bluespot Damsel

Pomacentrus grammorhynchus

Also known as: Azurespot Damselfish, Orangetail Damsel

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
Juvenile
@dylboy11 · Home, Australia · February 20131 / 5

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles are dark or blue-grey above and bright yellow below, with neon blue lines over the head and back, a dark eyespot at the rear of the dorsal fin and a blue spot at the top of the tail base. Adults are much duller and mostly grey-brown. The young shelter in branching corals in lagoons and passages.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 2
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Juvenile photos 5

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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)