Starck's Damselfish
Chrysiptera starcki (Allen, 1973)
Also calledDamisela de Starck (spa) · Damisel·la de Starck (cat) · Donzela-de-Starck (por) · Gombing (msa) · Gombing-sepat atas kuning (msa) · Senaki-ruri-suzumedai (jpn) · Senakirurisuzumedai (jpn) · セナキルリスズメダイ (jpn) · 厚殼仔 (zho) · 史氏刻齒雀鯛 (zho) · 斯達克雀鯛 (zho) · 黃背雀 (zho)
Chrysiptera starcki, commonly known as Starck's demoiselle or Starck's damselfish, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean, where it has been reported from the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan to Australia, New Caledonia, and Tonga. It was originally described in 1973 as Abudefduf starcki.
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Description
Starck's demoiselle is blue with a yellow stripe down its back. It grows up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in length.
What it does
The fish lives around reefs, often in deeper, outer areas, up to 60 m (200 ft) deep. It lives in crevices in rocky areas. It pairs up to breed and the male guards and tends the eggs. In the wild, Starck's demoiselle will eat plankton (both zooplankton and phytoplankton).
Breeding. When breeding, males will swim back and forth swiftly flashing their colors to attract females. Males will prepare a territory full of rubble for the female to lay her eggs. Then the male will fertilize them and aggressively defend them from intruders.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2399328.