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Definition of damselfish in English: damselfishnounPlural damselfishesˈdamz(ə)lfɪʃˈdamzəlˌfiSH A small brightly coloured tropical marine fish that lives in or near coral reefs. 光鳃鱼,雀鲷 Chromis and other genera, family Pomacentridae: numerous species Example sentencesExamples - Many male damselfish, wrasses, and angelfish, among others, maintain harems.
- Many small fish, including juvenile fairy basslets and damselfish, retreat into crinoid arms when bigger fish appear.
- Hundreds of tiny damselfishes dart around in shoals, finning their swift way through sunlit waters.
- Grouper are close to the top of the fish food chain, anthias and damselfish near the bottom, so there must be smaller fish somewhere.
- Because both cleaners and damselfish are diurnal, cleaning activities only occur during daylight periods.
- Closer to the reef and in among a necklace of smaller granite boulders are all the usual reef fish - butterflyfish, damselfish, Moorish idols, triggerfish, angelfish, groupers and lionfish.
- Small damselfishes make a new reef-style habitat in the tangle of branches.
- Down the bottom, skulking around coral in the sandy lagoon floor, are tiny damselfishes.
- Up to 25 percent of all fish on reefs are cardinalfish, and damselfish compose up to 50 percent of the total fish biomass (weight of all the fish) on reefs, the study says.
- I can see small schools of brightly coloured damselfish dart in and out of their coral shelters.
- In the open water just off the reef, great swarms of damselfish cavorted, collecting plankton while barracuda cruised by trying to select an easy meal.
- Swarms of anthias, wrasse, emerald green triggerfish, damselfish, clownfish and butterflyfish shrouded it but never strayed far into the intermediate zone patrolled by trevally, tuna, jacks and fusiliers.
- Three-spot damselfish are common members of Caribbean reef communities.
- In addition, some fishes are quite good at identifying other species; the Beau Gregory damselfish is apparently able to distinguish 50 different reef fish species that occur within its territory.
- The anemonefishes provide some protection and bring in sources of nourishment for their anemone hosts, and some groups of juvenile damselfishes clean other fishes.
- Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals.
- Amid the ever-present clouds of little midnight-blue triggerfish and brilliant damselfish, and closely observed by a Napoleion wrasse, we rose from 20m in a gentle upward spiral until we ran out of reef.
- The sites are home to a vast variety of reef dwellers such as the damselfish, angelfish, butterflyfish and sweetlips.
- The deadly shelter of the stinging tentacles of sea anemones, which are lethal to smaller creatures, provides safe lodging for spotted damselfish and boldly striped clown fish.
- An increase in territory quality has been shown to increase the aggressive intensity of S. planifrons, a damselfish closely related to the beaugregory damselfish.
Definition of damselfish in US English: damselfishnounˈdamzəlˌfiSH A small brightly colored tropical fish that lives in or near coral reefs. 光鳃鱼,雀鲷 Chromis and other genera, family Pomacentridae: numerous species, in particular C. chromis Example sentencesExamples - Closer to the reef and in among a necklace of smaller granite boulders are all the usual reef fish - butterflyfish, damselfish, Moorish idols, triggerfish, angelfish, groupers and lionfish.
- The anemonefishes provide some protection and bring in sources of nourishment for their anemone hosts, and some groups of juvenile damselfishes clean other fishes.
- Many small fish, including juvenile fairy basslets and damselfish, retreat into crinoid arms when bigger fish appear.
- The sites are home to a vast variety of reef dwellers such as the damselfish, angelfish, butterflyfish and sweetlips.
- Small damselfishes make a new reef-style habitat in the tangle of branches.
- Down the bottom, skulking around coral in the sandy lagoon floor, are tiny damselfishes.
- Hundreds of tiny damselfishes dart around in shoals, finning their swift way through sunlit waters.
- Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals.
- Three-spot damselfish are common members of Caribbean reef communities.
- I can see small schools of brightly coloured damselfish dart in and out of their coral shelters.
- Up to 25 percent of all fish on reefs are cardinalfish, and damselfish compose up to 50 percent of the total fish biomass (weight of all the fish) on reefs, the study says.
- The deadly shelter of the stinging tentacles of sea anemones, which are lethal to smaller creatures, provides safe lodging for spotted damselfish and boldly striped clown fish.
- In addition, some fishes are quite good at identifying other species; the Beau Gregory damselfish is apparently able to distinguish 50 different reef fish species that occur within its territory.
- An increase in territory quality has been shown to increase the aggressive intensity of S. planifrons, a damselfish closely related to the beaugregory damselfish.
- Grouper are close to the top of the fish food chain, anthias and damselfish near the bottom, so there must be smaller fish somewhere.
- In the open water just off the reef, great swarms of damselfish cavorted, collecting plankton while barracuda cruised by trying to select an easy meal.
- Amid the ever-present clouds of little midnight-blue triggerfish and brilliant damselfish, and closely observed by a Napoleion wrasse, we rose from 20m in a gentle upward spiral until we ran out of reef.
- Many male damselfish, wrasses, and angelfish, among others, maintain harems.
- Swarms of anthias, wrasse, emerald green triggerfish, damselfish, clownfish and butterflyfish shrouded it but never strayed far into the intermediate zone patrolled by trevally, tuna, jacks and fusiliers.
- Because both cleaners and damselfish are diurnal, cleaning activities only occur during daylight periods.
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