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Name : Chrysiptera biocellata

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Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Family : Pomacentridae
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Description

There is a characteristic bluish spot at the posterior base of the dorsal fin. The white band in young reduces to a small white saddle in large adults. Body is bluish green in the lateral top half and yellowish in the lateral bottom half. 


Size

Maximum length: 9.8 cm (TL), common length: 5-7 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on filamentous algae and blue green algae


Utilization

It is utilised as an aquarium fish


Gears

Trawl, gillnet, trap