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Anyone that can help ID this damsel? The closest I could find is either a Charcoal Damsel (Pomacentrus Brachialis), but they don't typically have white tails, and the rear spot is usually smaller or an Obscure Damsel, which do have white tails, but The spot on mine is bigger than any of the images I've seen for the Obscure Damsel (Pomacentrus adelus). I might be overthinking it, and it's probably an Obscure, but according to the description I am reading they should have blue fin margins, and I don't see any blue on it anywhere...

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Whitetail Damsel, Pomacentrus chrysurus
That's pretty close too... does the placement of the spot on the dorsal matter that much? Most of the pics of Pomacentrus chrysurus have their spot further from the body and closer to the peak according to the images I am looking at... Mine seems lower and closer to the body... But other than that, and the coloration (I see a lot of orange in some of these photos) it's a dead ringer
 
You may be right, this one, and the description that accompanies it are pretty spot on:
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Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier 1830, the Whitetail Damsel. Indo-west Pacific. To about three inches in length. A better looking individual, with a broad yellow dorsal band and ocellus, the adults (pictured) are overall slate colored with a white tail. Maldives image.


The adult description is how I would describe mine, so... thanks!
 

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