Pomacentrus australis

Australian damsel
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis, adult, Tweed Heads, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis, adult, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis, juvenile, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis, adult, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis
Pomacentrus australis

Distribution

Temperate Australasia, Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Blue to blue-grey back usually with lighter underside. Juveniles bright blue becoming dull blue-grey with age. Dark earspot, dark tail margin and black patch at pectoral fin base. Light form lacks obvious dark pectoral base and tail margin.


Information

Max Size: 8 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 15.9-28.6°C

Depth: 5-35m

Habitat Generalization Index: 6.67

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Common (20.2% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Many (22 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.