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Neopomacentrus azysron? (damsel id)
Hello folks-<Hi Steve, MacL here>
I hope you have patience for one more Damsel ID query-<Always and this was an
interesting one for me.> Does this resemble Neopomacentrus azysron? <It does
very closely resemble it. However, and azysron is characterized by a solid
yellow tail. Sadly i had to rule that out since yours has the blue or black
lines on the tail.> Happy to say it's been very happy in my tank for more than
two years- frustrated that I can't quite nail the id after many web searches. <I
must say I have gone around and around with it myself. Some of the other crew
feels it is a Neopomacentrus cyanomos (The "Regal
Demoiselle"). I see similarities with the Crescent or regal damsel but if it is
its not from the indo-pacific but instead from another area and might possibly
be a color morph. Indonesian fish metallic green to black with a distinctive
white spot at end on dorsal fin base. That's not your fish at all. However
there are a couple of pictures that are similar to it when you click on the
fishbase picture.> It displays what appears to be non-hostile (flirtatious?)
fin-splaying behavior around my GSM female; even huddles with my GSM pair when
frightened. About 3", not counting the long streamers on the end of its tail-
just a bit of yellow on the inner part of the tail and bottom fin- not as much
as appears on fishbase specimen photos- any ideas? thanks very much!
<Personally I think it might be a cross of some kind. But that's just my
opinion. Take a look at the regal or crescent damsel in www.fishbase.org and
see what you think. MacL>
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