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title: "Peacock Damsel"
description: "Pomacentrus pavo — Peixes. Pomacentrus pavo, sapphire damsel, peacock damsel or blue damsel, is a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/peacock-damsel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peacock Damsel

> Pomacentrus pavo — Peixes. Pomacentrus pavo, sapphire damsel, peacock damsel or blue damsel, is a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Pomacentrus pavo*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1716
- Wikidata: [Q639466](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639466)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119717](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119717)

## Names

- en: Peacock Damsel
- de: Pfauendemoiselle
- es: Damita Zafiro
- fr: Demoiselle-paon

## Countries with the most observations

PF (253), NC (171), CK (83), MV (81), FJ (80), NF (68), GU (50), ID (38), TH (37), FM (31), MM (28), MG (19)

## Summary

Pomacentrus pavo, sapphire damsel, peacock damsel or blue damsel, is a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 8.5 cm (3.3 in) in length.

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

## Photo

![Peacock Damsel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peacock-damsel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chao 江星辰 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192053880

## Machine access

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