Damselfish meaning

dăm'zəl-fĭsh'
Any of various small tropical marine fishes of the family Pomacentridae, which are brightly colored and are often kept in home aquariums.
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Any of a percoid family (Pomacentridae) of small, rough-scaled, brightly colored tropical reef fishes.
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Any of a number of fish in the Pomacentridae family.
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Origin of damselfish

Sentence Examples

  • The friendly golden damselfish and clown fish here will come right up to your mask and look in!

  • The three-spot damselfish is a territorial herbivorous species common to Caribbean reefs.

  • The shallower waters of the inshore dive sites are home to smaller tropical fish including the rare and endemic chromis damselfish.

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