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Twinspot Damselfish

Chrysiptera biocellata

Also known as: Deepreef Chromis, Twospot Damsel, Twospot Damselfish, Twospot Demoiselle, Whitesaddle Damselfish, White-saddled Damsel, White-saddled Damselfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@fishx6 · Gangehi, Maldives · March 20081 / 2

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Overview

Juveniles have a large eye-spot on the dorsal fin base that shrinks with growth and is gone in adults. They are yellowish underneath with a dusky back, a thin bright blue stripe from the snout to a blue-ringed black spot, and no white bar on the side.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
ocellated spotstripeswhite bars
Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 2
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 2

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Discussion

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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. genusChrysiptera
    7. speciesChrysiptera biocellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

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    06

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