Damselfish?

Is this a damselfish? If so which species? Taken in the Arabian Gulf.

Hi

Looks like a Juvenile Pomacentrus vaiuli common name from my book Princess Damsel.

Nice photo

Karen

Interesting one and difficult due to the variability of colour within species and by area. According to my books and Fishbase, the Princess Damsel isn't known from the Arabian Gulf - not to say Karen is wrong however, it could well have just never been noticed there. The only one I can come up with is the Colombo Damsel, Pomacentrus proteus, but that too is not shown as coming from the Gulf, the nearest place being Sri Lanka.

Hope somebody else has some ideas.

Thanks guys - I too couldnt find it in any of my books.

Could it be Pomacentrus arabicus? Kinda seems likely due to location.

Never come across P. arabicus and there are very few pics on Google. The colours shown on Fishbase don't tie up with your image at all. Wait and see if anybody else has suggestions I guess.