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damselfish

DEFINITIONS OF: damselfish

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n small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs

Synonyms:
demoiselle
Types:
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Pomacentrus leucostictus, beaugregory
a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies
anemone fish
live associated with sea anemones
Abudefduf saxatilis, sergeant major
large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
Amphiprion percula, clown anemone fish
an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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