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title: "Zitronendemoiselle"
description: "Pomacentrus moluccensis — Fische. Pomacentrus moluccensis, the lemon damselfish, is a species of bony fish in the family Pomacentridae, from the Western Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/lemon-damsel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zitronendemoiselle

> Pomacentrus moluccensis — Fische. Pomacentrus moluccensis, the lemon damselfish, is a species of bony fish in the family Pomacentridae, from the Western Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Pomacentrus moluccensis*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 3837
- Wikidata: [Q2792372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2792372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [181028](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/181028)

## Names

- en: Lemon Damsel
- de: Zitronendemoiselle
- es: Damita limón
- fr: Demoiselle citron

## Countries with the most observations

AU (809), ID (534), NC (365), PH (239), TH (154), MY (82), JP (59), VU (48), PW (40), MM (30), SB (29), PG (26)

## Summary

Pomacentrus moluccensis, the lemon damselfish, is a species of bony fish in the family Pomacentridae, from the Western Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 9 cm (4 in) in length.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomacentrus_moluccensis

## Photo

![Zitronendemoiselle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lemon-damsel/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346371765

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lemon-damsel?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).