White-tail damsel

Characteristics

  • Mainly feeds on algae.
  • Forms pairs when breeding. Males guard and aerate demersal eggs.

Description

Juvenile:

  • Body dark grey to bluish, orange dorsally.
  • Tail pale to transparent.
  • A blue-margined black spot on posterior part of dorsal fin.

Adult:

  •  Body dark grey to brown.
  •  Tail white.
  • Blue-margined black spots still present in adults.

Common Name: White-tail damsel

Family Common Name: Damselfishes

Scientific Name: Pomacentrus chrysurus___(Cuvier, 1830)

Maximum Length: 9 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
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Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
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Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
White-tail damsel