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Violet Demoiselle

Neopomacentrus violascens

Also known as: Coral Demoiselle, Violet Damsel, Violet Damselfish, Yellow-tailed Demoiselle

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 5
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Overview

Found in small to large schools, sometimes in mixed schools, over shallow coral, debris, deep mud, and sandy slopes, around sponge encrusted mooring buoys, harbours, lagoons, and coastal reefs.

Damselfish are egg layers.
First they clear a site ready for a nest, then engage in a mating dance with rapid swimming and fin movements, during this time the males will often turn a shade or two darker and may display white blotches. Spawning occurs at dawn.

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How to identify

Fins & Tail
yellow fins
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
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Found in small to large schools, sometimes in mixed schools, over shallow coral, debris, deep mud, and sandy slopes, around sponge encrusted mooring buoys, harbours, lagoons, and coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusNeopomacentrus
    7. speciesNeopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker, 1848)

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    More in the family

    Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)