#2367 · 🐟 fish

Lemon Damsel

Pomacentrus moluccensis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © terence zahner · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © jackmckee50 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Triplefin Expeditions · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Claire Goiran · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pomacentrus moluccensis , the lemon damselfish , is a species of bony fish in the family Pomacentridae, from the Western Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 9 cm (4 in) in length.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,944iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,944 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Bleeker in 1853 (173 years ago).