POMACENTRIDAE


Pomacentrus lepidogenys, 4.8 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Pomacentrus lepidogenys
Fowler and Bean, 1928
Scaly Damsel

D XIII, 14-15; A II, 14-15; P1 18; LLp 17-18.

Body ovate, compressed. Posterior margin of preopercle weakly serrate. Suborbital scaled, with smooth ventral margin. Teeth on jaws biserial, incisor-like. Caudal fin emarginate; no conspicuous projecting spine-like rays at upper and lower edges of caudal-fin base. Color: head and body pale bluish gray darkened dorsally, except for posterodorsal part of body yellow; posterior and anterior parts of dorsal and caudal fins, respectively, tinged with yellow. Size: 7.0 cm SL. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea and Western Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs.