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]
| Neopomacentrus cyanomos | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Neopomacentrus |
| Species: | N. cyanomos
|
| Binomial name | |
| Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
References
edit- ^ 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). 19: 1–17.1-17&rft.date=2016&rft.au=D. Ross Robertson&rft.au=Nuno Simoes&rft.au=Carla Guitérrez Rodriguéz&rft.au=Victor J. Piñeros&rft.au=Horacio Perez=España&rft_id=http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf19a.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Neopomacentrus cyanomos" class="Z3988">
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
External links
edit- Photos of Neopomacentrus cyanomos on Sealife Collection
 | This Pomacentridae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |