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Monarch Damsel

Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus

Also known as: Monarch Damselfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@greatwhite · Lady Musgrave Island, Australia · February 20121 / 2

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Overview

Juveniles have two broad white bars across the body, a large eyespot on the back and dorsal fin, and a small dark blue spot at the upper rear of the gill cover.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
lilac spotsocellated spotspotswhite bars
Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
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  • Country only · 1
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusDischistodus
    7. speciesDischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus (Allen & Robertson, 1974)

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