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Onespot demoiselle
Chrysiptera unimaculata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Onespot demoiselle
- Scientific
- Chrysiptera unimaculata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 3 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small damselfish, brownish with a dark spot at the rear base of the dorsal fin, reaching about 10 cm. It lives on algae-covered rubble and beach rock in the surge zone.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chrysiptera-unimaculata.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Onespot_Demoiselle,_juvenile_-_Chrysiptera_unimaculata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.