Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Pomacentridae (damselfishes and anemonefishes)

56 species in this family in the guide. Search and filter them in the guide.

  1. Agile chromis Pycnochromis agilisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  2. Banded sergeant Abudefduf septemfasciatusގުއި ބުރަދަGui buradha
  3. Batuna's damselfish Amblyglyphidodon batunaorumNo recorded Dhivehi name
  4. Black-axil chromis Chromis atripectoralisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  5. Blackbar devil Plectroglyphidodon dickiiMuraka mas
  6. Blackspot sergeant Abudefduf sordidusބުރަދަBuradha
  7. Blacktail chromis Pycnochromis nigrurusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  8. Blue green damselfish Chromis viridisފުށް ނިލަމެހިNilamehi
  9. Bluntsnout gregory Stegastes punctatusDhanbaa
  10. Brighteye damselfish Plectroglyphidodon imparipennisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  11. Buff chromis Chromis xuthaMuraka mas
  12. Caerulean damsel Pomacentrus caeruleusMuraka mas
  13. Clark's anemonefish Amphiprion clarkiiމާގަނޑު މަސްMaagandu mas
  14. Cloudy dascyllus Dascyllus carneusMurakamas
  15. Damselfish (no English common name) Pomacentrus xanthocercusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  16. Deep reef chromis Pycnochromis deltaMuraka mas
  17. Doublebar chromis Chromis opercularisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  18. Dusky farmerfish Stegastes nigricansNo recorded Dhivehi name
  19. Fusilier damselfish Lepidozygus tapeinosomaބުރެކިBureki
  20. Green puller Chromis cinerascensNo recorded Dhivehi name
  21. Grey demoiselle Chrysiptera glaucaNo recorded Dhivehi name
  22. Gulf damselfish Pristotis obtusirostrisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  23. Indian damsel Pomacentrus indicusMuraka mas
  24. Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  25. Johnston Island damsel Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  26. Kenyan chromis Chromis nigroanalisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  27. Malayan chromis Pycnochromis flavipectoralisMuraka mas
  28. Maldive anemonefish (blackfoot anemonefish) Amphiprion nigripesމާގަނޑު މަސްMaagandu mas
  29. Maldives damselfish Amblyglyphidodon indicusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  30. Nagasaki damsel Pomacentrus nagasakiensisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  31. Onespot demoiselle Chrysiptera unimaculataNo recorded Dhivehi name
  32. Pacific gregory Plectroglyphidodon fasciolatusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  33. Pemba chromis Chromis pembaeNo recorded Dhivehi name
  34. Perpetual Chromis Chromis abadhahAbadhah Chromis
  35. Regal demoiselle Neopomacentrus cyanomosNo recorded Dhivehi name
  36. Reticulate dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  37. Sapphire damsel Pomacentrus pavoހުނިކެHunike
  38. Scaly chromis Azurina lepidolepisNo recorded Dhivehi name
  39. Scissortail sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  40. Sebae anemonefish Amphiprion sebaeސައިބޯނި މަސްSaiboani mas
  41. Surge damselfish Chrysiptera brownriggiiNo recorded Dhivehi name
  42. Ternate chromis Chromis ternatensisލޮނު ލުބޯLonu luboa
  43. Threespot dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatusKalhu maagandumas
  44. Twin demoiselle Neopomacentrus sororiusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  45. Twinspot chromis Azurina eleraeNo recorded Dhivehi name
  46. Twinspot damselfish Chrysiptera biocellataދަނބާDhanbaa
  47. Two-tone Chromis Pycnochromis fieldiNo recorded Dhivehi name
  48. Weber's chromis Chromis weberiNo recorded Dhivehi name
  49. Whitebar gregory Stegastes albifasciatusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  50. Whitespotted devil Stegastes lacrymatusDhanbaa
  51. Whitetail damsel Pomacentrus chrysurusNo recorded Dhivehi name
  52. Whitetail dascyllus Dascyllus aruanusމުރަކަމަސްMurakamas
  53. Yellow-brown chromis Chromis xouthosNo recorded Dhivehi name
  54. Yellowbelly damselfish Amblyglyphidodon leucogasterDhanbaa
  55. Yellowtail demoiselle Neopomacentrus azysronNo recorded Dhivehi name
  56. Yellowtail sergeant Abudefduf notatusNo recorded Dhivehi name