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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae Damselfishes
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Neopomacentrus

(See list of species below)


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16 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cook, D.C.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm TL
Neopomacentrus anabatoides (Bleeker, 1847)

Photo by Cook, D.C.
 
Neopomacentrus anabatoides
[Silver demoiselle]

Photo by Jenkins, A.P.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Neopomacentrus aquadulcis Jenkins & Allen, 2002

Photo by Jenkins, A.P.
 
Neopomacentrus aquadulcis
[Sweetwater demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus azysron
[Yellowtail demoiselle]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Neopomacentrus bankieri
[Chinese demoiselle]

Photo by Cook, D.C.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)

Photo by Cook, D.C.
 
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
[Regal demoiselle]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Neopomacentrus fallax (Peters, 1855)

Photo by SFSA
 
Neopomacentrus fallax
[Violet damsel]

Photo by Cook, D.C.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Neopomacentrus filamentosus (Macleay, 1882)

Photo by Cook, D.C.
 
Neopomacentrus filamentosus
[Brown demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith, 1960)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus fuliginosus
[African demoiselle]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Neopomacentrus metallicus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Neopomacentrus metallicus
[Metallic demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Neopomacentrus miryae Dor & Allen, 1977

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus miryae
[Miry's demoiselle]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Neopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Neopomacentrus nemurus
[Coral demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Neopomacentrus sindensis (Day, 1873)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus sindensis
[Arabian demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
Neopomacentrus sororius Randall & Allen, 2005

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus sororius
[Twin demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Neopomacentrus taeniurus (Bleeker, 1856)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus taeniurus
[Freshwater demoiselle]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Neopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker, 1848)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Neopomacentrus violascens
[Violet demoiselle]

Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1980

Photo by Field, R.
 
Neopomacentrus xanthurus
[Red Sea demoiselle]
16 Species of Family Pomacentridae with Genus Neopomacentrus
(Damselfishes)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1847 Neopomacentrus anabatoides Silver demoiselle Western Central Pacific 10.5 TL
2002 Neopomacentrus aquadulcis Sweetwater demoiselle Western Central Pacific 6.5 TL
1877 Neopomacentrus azysron Yellowtail demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 7.5 TL
1846 Neopomacentrus bankieri Chinese demoiselle Western Pacific 8 TL
1856 Neopomacentrus cyanomos Regal demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 10 TL
1855 Neopomacentrus fallax Violet damsel Western Indian Ocean 10 TL
1882 Neopomacentrus filamentosus Brown demoiselle Western Central Pacific 11 TL
1960 Neopomacentrus fuliginosus African demoiselle Western Indian Ocean 11 TL
1906 Neopomacentrus metallicus Metallic demoiselle Western Central Pacific 6 SL
1977 Neopomacentrus miryae Miry's demoiselle Western Indian Ocean 11 TL
1857 Neopomacentrus nemurus Coral demoiselle Western Central Pacific 8 TL
1873 Neopomacentrus sindensis Arabian demoiselle Western Indian Ocean 10 TL
2005 Neopomacentrus sororius Twin demoiselle Indian Ocean 6.4 SL
1856 Neopomacentrus taeniurus Freshwater demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 10 TL
1848 Neopomacentrus violascens Violet demoiselle Western Central Pacific 7.5 TL
1980 Neopomacentrus xanthurus Red Sea demoiselle Western Indian Ocean 6 TL



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