Neon damsel
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The neon damsel is the most commonly seen member of the damselfish family.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Neon damsel
- Scientific name
- Pomacentrus coelestis
- Japanese name
- ソラスズメダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Pomacentrus
A damselfish that lives from southern Japan's Pacific coast and the Ryukyus to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, eastern Indian to central and western Pacific oceans
Where the Neon damsel has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ソラスズメダイ
- 简体中文
- 霓虹雀鲷
- 繁體中文
- 霓虹雀鯛
- 한국어
- 파랑돔
- Español
- Damita Neón
- Français
- Demoiselle néon
- Deutsch
- Neon-Demoiselle
- Português (Brasil)
- Donzela-azul-neon
- Italiano
- Damigella azzurra
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Podangan palsu
- Русский
- Помацентрус неоновый
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ソラスズメダイChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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