Biology:Neopomacentrus cyanomos

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Short description: Species of fish

Neopomacentrus cyanomos
Regal demoiselle.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Neopomacentrus
Species:
N. cyanomos
Binomial name
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Pomacentrus cyanomos Bleeker, 1856
  • Pomacentrus leucosphyrus Fowler, 1904
  • Pomacentrus prateri Fowler, 1928

Neopomacentrus cyanomos, commonly known as the regal demoiselle, is a fish native to the Indo-Pacific region from the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the coastal waters of east Africa east to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Melanesia.[1] It has also been found as an invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Yucatan Peninsula, although how they arrived there is unknown.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Neopomacentrus cyanomos" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  2. D. Ross Robertson; Nuno Simoes; Carla Guitérrez Rodriguéz; Victor J. Piñeros; Horacio Perez=España (2016). An Indo-Pacific damselfish well established in the southern Gulf of Mexico: prospects for a wider, adverse invasion. 19. pp. 1–17. http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf19a.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2376472 entry