How to Use damselfish in a Sentence

damselfish

noun

• Schools of fish drifted one above the other in a shifting, shimmering mesh, as neon-bright parrotfish, damselfish, and Moorish idols darted by.
  — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
• There were yellow longnose butterflyfish, domino damselfish, lemonpeel angelfish, clownfish and powder blue tang.
  — John Donegan Long Beach Post, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
• Many species were affected, including cardinalfish, parrotfish, damselfish, and others.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
• At Long Pink Beach on Padar Island, a shallow coral garden shelters butterflyfish, bannerfish, surgeonfish, and electric-blue damselfish.
  — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
• For instance, some damselfish have ultraviolet face patterns that help them be recognized by other members of their species and communicate with potential mates while remaining largely hidden to predators unable to perceive ultraviolet colors.
  — Elay Shech, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2025