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Javanese Damsel

Neoglyphidodon oxyodon

Also known as: Blackvelvet Damsel, Blackvelvet Damselfish, Blue-banded Damselfish, Bluestreak Damsel, Bluestreak Damselfish, Bluestreak Devil, Bluevelvet Damsel, Bluevelvet Damselfish, Java Damsel, Javanese Damselfish, Javanese Neonvelvet Damsel, Neonvelvet Damsel, Neonvelvet Damselfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@cmarcos · Coron, Palawan, Philippines · May 20151 / 3

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Overview

Juveniles are black to dark blue, with a yellow to white bar across the middle of the body and neon-blue lines on the head, dorsal fin and upper tail base. The blue streaks fade with age, leaving the greyish adult colour.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
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Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
  • Country only · 3
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusNeoglyphidodon
    7. speciesNeoglyphidodon oxyodon (Bleeker, 1858)

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