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Speckled Damsel
Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker, 1853
A Speckled Damsel at a depth of 15m, Flinders Reef, southern Queensland, May 2002. View larger image.
The Speckled Damsel is brown with blue spots on the scale centres. It has bright blue lines on the head, one of which runs along the dorsal midline. There is an ocellus (glossary) on the dorsal fin rays. The caudal fin is white.
This species grows to 10cm in length.
It occurs primarily in tropical marine waters of the Western Pacific.
In Australia it is found off north-western Western Australia and from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland south to the central coast of New South Wales.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World. Mergus. Pp.271.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
