Neopomacentrus cyanomos

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Neopomacentrus cyanomos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Neopomacentrus
Species:
N. cyanomos
Binomial name
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Pomacentrus cyanomos Bleeker, 1856
  • Pomacentrus leucosphyrus Fowler, 1904
  • Pomacentrus prateri Fowler, 1928

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]

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