Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus Blue Damsel

Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus is commonly referred to as Blue Damsel. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 277143

Scientific:: Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus
German:: Riffbarsch
English:: Blue Damsel

Category:: Jomfrufisk

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pomacentrus (Genus) > caeruleopunctatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Allen, 2002

Occurrence:: East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Réunion , Tansania, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 5 - 27 Meter
Size:: up to 2.95" (7.5 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-01-27 18:04:20
Last edit:: 2020-04-11 10:29:14

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Allen, 2002

Similar species: Pomacentrus caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pomacentrus (Genus) > Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus (Species)

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Descriptions of two new species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Madagascar (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
First record of the large caerulean damselfish, Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Pomacentridae), from Reunion Island, south-west Indian Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Dennis und Sally Polock (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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