Diario del proyecto Fish of Queensland

We have a new most observed fish species for the Fish of Queensland project.

The lemon damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis 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.

The lemon damsel has been observed 320 times by iNaturalists in Queensland and interestingly and confusing is only 242 observations of this species in the Australian Fishes project. Therefore there are many state observations that are not also recorded to the larger project. @markmcg @joseph_dibattista
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&project_id=9358&subview=map&taxon_id=181028

Where is it found? Pomacentrus moluccensis is native to the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Its range extends from about 32°N to 32°S, and 92°E to 173°W. It is found down to about 14 m (46 ft) in clear-water lagoons and in reefs with branching corals to provide hiding places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomacentrus_moluccensis
Have you seen it deeper than 14 metres.
I have seen it at 18m at John Brewer Reef

This project now has 37,969 observations of 1,452 species by 1,586 observers and 1,022 identifiers. It is interesting that there are more observers than identifiers in Queensland as it is more even numbers \ ratio nationally.

Top observers are @adam_smith3 @nigelmarsh and @fubberpish and top identifiers are @maractwin @jeffwj and @sascha_schulz

Amazing that the 38,000th observation is a Bonefish- which is a new species observation for this project. This fish was caught in the Woppaburra (Keppel) Island TUMRA region. Reported to me by a traditional owner. I requested that the fish is frozen if it is of interest to science or museums. Please contact Meaghan, tumrachair@woppaburra.com.au, 0499399208