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Neon Damselfish
Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan & Starks, 1901
Also called'atoti (tah) · Castagnola azzurra (ita) · Castagnola neon (ita) · Damigella (ita) · Damigella azzurra (ita) · Damigella neon (ita) · Damisel·la blau del Pacífic (cat) · Damita Neón (spa) · Demoiselle céleste (fra) · Demoiselle néon (fra) · Donzela-azul-neon (por) · Gombing (msa) · Neon-Demoiselle (deu) · Sorasuzumedai (jpn)
First described in: Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1901). Description of three new species of fishes from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 3).</em> v. 2 (nos 7-8): 381-386, Pls. 20-21.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Notes
Harborne et al. 2000; This study; s: Pomacentrus coelestris Yusuf et al. 2001.
An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Redang Islands, Malaysia
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Christmas Island and South China Sea east to Line Islands and French Polynesia, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia. Found on exposed fringing reeefs, lagoon and seaward reefs, 1 – 12 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 near Nusa Island, Kavieng District at 5 – 23 m depth, St. KR 8, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, 3 – 25 m depth, St. KR 90, in 2014.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2398388.