Neopomacentrus cyanomos
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Neopomacentrus |
| Species: | N. cyanomos
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| Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
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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.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ Allen, G.R.; Arceo, H.; Mutia, M.T.M.; Muyot, F.B.; Nañola, C.L.; Santos, M. (2022). "Neopomacentrus cyanomos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T188459A1878043. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T188459A1878043.en. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neopomacentrus cyanomos". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 19: 1–17.
External links
- Photos of Neopomacentrus cyanomos on Sealife Collection