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- noun Plural form of
damselfish .
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Examples
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Many damselfishes care for “algae gardens or lawns” that they defend from other herbivores.
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The glare of a UV light reveals that the even yellow colours of the damselfishes 'faces are actually streaked with complex patterns.
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The glare of a UV light reveals that the even yellow colours of the damselfishes 'faces are actually streaked with complex patterns.
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But apparently the spinecheek anemonefish doesn't belong to the subfamily of anemonefishes (Amphiprioninae) but to another genus of damselfishes: Premnas
Planet Atheism 2009
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Small oval-shaped fishes: damselfishes, hamlets, sea basses 5.
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