Batavia Damsel
Pomacentrus simsiang Bleeker, 1856
Also calledCastagnola dorso blu (ita) · Damigella dorso blu (ita) · Damisel·la llum (cat) · Damita dorso azul (spa) · Donzela-de-dorso-azul (por) · sapín simsiang (ces)
First described in: Bleeker, P. (1856). Verslag omtrent eenige vischsoorten gevangen aan de Zuidkust van Malang in Oost-Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 11 (1): 81-92.
Pomacentrus simsiang, the blueback damsel, is a damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 7 cm in length.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. Found in silty shoreline reefs and lagoons, 1 – 10 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken east of North Cape, Kavieng District, 3 – 20 m depth, St. KR 20, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3 – 32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2398281.