Neopomacentrus cyanomos | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]