Charcoal damsel
Pomacentrus brachialis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ovalentaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Pomacentrus
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 184 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 183 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1044 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 47 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 7 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 185 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 6 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 48 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 42 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 35 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 41 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 94 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 120 records