POMACENTRIDAE


Amblyglyphidodon aureus
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Amblyglyphidodon aureus
(Cuvier, 1830)
Golden Damsel

D XIII, 12-16; A II, 14-15; P1 16-18; LLp 16-17.

Body very deep and compressed. Posterior margin of preopercle smooth. Suborbital naked, with almost entire ventral margin. Teeth on jaws uniserial, incisor-like. Caudal fin forked; no conspicuous projecting spine-like rays at upper and lower edges of caudal-fin base. Color: head, body and fins bright yellow. Size: 17 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs.