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Obscure Damsel

Pomacentrus adelus

Also known as: Dusky Damsel, Half-ocellus Damsel, Obscure Damselfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@blogie · Dayang Beach Dive Site, Talikud Island, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · November 20111 / 4

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Overview

Juveniles are bluish, with blue lines on the head, many blue dots on the head and body, and a blue-edged black eyespot at the rear of the dorsal fin. That eyespot is always present at this stage, whereas adults do not always keep it.

02

How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
linesocellated spotspots
Behaviour
pairssolitary

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03

Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 1
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 4

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    ALL STAGES
    FOR THE MARINE-BIOLOGY CURIOUS

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusPomacentrus
    7. speciesPomacentrus adelus Allen, 1991

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

    06

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