Pomacentridae
Staghorn Damsel
Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787)
Amblyglyphidodon curacao is a small marine damselfish found in tropical western Pacific waters.
Golden Damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon aureus (Cuvier, 1830)
Amblyglyphidodon aureus is a yellow fish with facial spots that reaches up to 13 cm in length.
Whitebelly Damsel
Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Bleeker, 1847)
Yellowbelly damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster) is a small Indo-West Pacific marine damselfish that reaches 13 cm long.
Green Damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon indicus Allen & Randall, 2002
Amblyglyphidodon indicus, the Maldives damselfish, is an Indian Ocean reef-associated pomacentrid fish growing to 8.3 cm.
Yellow-side Damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon flavilatus Allen & Randall, 1980
Amblyglyphidodon flavilatus is a non-migratory reef-dwelling damselfish native to the western Indian Ocean’s Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Blackbanded Damsel
Amblypomacentrus breviceps (Schlegel & Müller, 1839)
Amblypomacentrus breviceps is a small fish growing up to 8.5 cm, found in tropical western Pacific waters.
Lagoon Damsel
Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker, 1852)
Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon, the lagoon damselfish, is a detritivorous damselfish found in reefs and lagoons of the Indo-Pacific.
Black Damsel
Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830)
Neoglyphidodon melas is a reef fish found in the Indo-Pacific with distinct coloration between adults and juveniles.
Indo-Pacific Yellowtail Damsel
Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier, 1830)
Neoglyphidodon nigroris is an Indo-Pacific damselfish that lives in coral reefs and lagoons with two distinct adult color varieties.
Barhead Damsel
Neoglyphidodon thoracotaeniatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928)
Neoglyphidodon thoracotaeniatus is an Indo-Pacific damselfish with distinct adult and juvenile colouration that lives in coral reefs.
Javanese Damselfish
Neoglyphidodon oxyodon (Bleeker, 1858)
Neoglyphidodon oxyodon is a western Pacific coral reef damselfish with distinct age-based coloration and male-guarded benthic spawning.
Multispine Damsel
Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus (Ogilby, 1889)
Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus is a western Pacific reef fish that changes color from yellow juvenile to grayish black adult.
Threespot Damselfish
Stegastes planifrons (Cuvier, 1830)
Stegastes planifrons, the threespot damselfish, is a small reef fish found in the western Atlantic's coral reef habitats.
Dusky Gregory
Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède, 1802)
Stegastes nigricans is a species of damselfish that lives across Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific coral reef habitats.
Dusky Damselfish
Stegastes adustus (Troschel, 1865)
Stegastes adustus is a damselfish species from the Caribbean, western Atlantic tropical waters, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Brazilian damselfish
Stegastes fuscus (Cuvier, 1830)
Stegastes fuscus, the dusky damselfish, is a reef fish with distinct adult and juvenile color patterns.
Galápagos Gregory
Stegastes arcifrons (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
Stegastes arcifrons is a common, stable eastern Pacific damselfish rated Least Concern by the IUCN.
Acapulco Major
Stegastes acapulcoensis (Fowler, 1944)
Stegastes acapulcoensis is an algal-feeding damselfish species native to the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
Galápagos Ringtail Damselfish
Stegastes beebei (Nichols, 1924)
Stegastes beebei, the Galapagos ringtail damselfish, is a fish species found in the eastern Pacific growing to 17 cm long.
Beaubrummel
Stegastes flavilatus (Gill, 1862)
Stegastes flavilatus, the beaubrummel, is a tropical eastern Pacific damselfish that lives on shallow rocky inshore reefs.
Cortez Damselfish
Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862)
Stegastes rectifraenum is a Cortez native damselfish found in shallow rocky inshore reefs of the tropical eastern Pacific.
Bicolor Damselfish
Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868)
Stegastes partitus, the bicolor damselfish, is a small fish with characteristic two-toned coloration and distinct fin structures.
Longfin Damselfish
Stegastes diencaeus (Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
Stegastes diencaeus, the longfin damselfish, is a Western Atlantic pomacentrid that has a mutualistic domestic relationship with mysid shrimp.
Beaugregory
Stegastes leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Stegastes leucostictus is a small demersal bony fish found in shallow western Atlantic waters, with characteristic markings distinguishing it from related species.
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