Neopomacentrus cyanomos, commonly known as the regal demoiselle, is a fish native to the Indo-Pacific region from the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the coastal waters of east Africa east to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Melanesia.[1] It has also been found as an invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Yucatan Peninsula, although how they arrived there is unknown.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Neopomacentrus |
| Species: | N. cyanomos
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| Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neopomacentrus cyanomos". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ D. Ross Robertson; Nuno Simoes; Carla Guitérrez Rodriguéz; Victor J. Piñeros & Horacio Perez=España (2016). "An Indo-Pacific damselfish well established in the southern Gulf of Mexico: prospects for a wider, adverse invasion" (PDF). 19: 1–17.
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External links
edit- Photos of Neopomacentrus cyanomos on Sealife Collection
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