Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii
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Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis inhabits the surf zone with moderate to strong wave action among Pocillopora and Acropora corals.
Adult damselfish are found in very shallow water in the surf zone of exposed rocky shores where the perch swims continuously and rapidly above the reef top.
The damsel has a dark gray to black upper body with 3 yellow edged, slightly curved pinkish-white stripes extending to the white belly, an oblique yellow stripe on the posterior margin of the operculum, and a yellow or white (sometimes a pinkish) tail base.
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis has relatively longer pectoral fins and fewer white stripes on the body than juvenile Thalassoma janseniii (Jansen's wrasse).
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis feeds on algae, corals, and the zoanthid Palythoa caesia.
The damselfish was named after the Phoenix Islands in the Central Pacific where it was (presumably) first discovered.
Synonyms:
Abudefduf phoenixensis Schultz, 1943
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixen (Schultz, 1943)
Adult damselfish are found in very shallow water in the surf zone of exposed rocky shores where the perch swims continuously and rapidly above the reef top.
The damsel has a dark gray to black upper body with 3 yellow edged, slightly curved pinkish-white stripes extending to the white belly, an oblique yellow stripe on the posterior margin of the operculum, and a yellow or white (sometimes a pinkish) tail base.
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis has relatively longer pectoral fins and fewer white stripes on the body than juvenile Thalassoma janseniii (Jansen's wrasse).
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis feeds on algae, corals, and the zoanthid Palythoa caesia.
The damselfish was named after the Phoenix Islands in the Central Pacific where it was (presumably) first discovered.
Synonyms:
Abudefduf phoenixensis Schultz, 1943
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixen (Schultz, 1943)
