Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856) is a animal in the Pomacentridae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)

Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)

Neopomacentrus cyanomos, the regal demoiselle, is a fish native to the Indo-Pacific that is invasive off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Family
Genus
Neopomacentrus
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)

Neopomacentrus cyanomos, commonly called the regal demoiselle, is a fish species originally native to the Indo-Pacific. Its native range spans from the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and coastal waters of East Africa eastward to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, and south to northern Australia and Melanesia. This species has also been recorded as an invasive population in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Yucatan Peninsula. The method of its arrival at this new location remains unknown.

Photo: (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Pomacentridae Neopomacentrus

More from Pomacentridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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