Definition of "damselfishes" []

• Plural form of damselfish. (noun)

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• "Many damselfishes care for “algae gardens or lawns” that they defend from other herbivores."
• "The glare of a UV light reveals that the even yellow colours of the damselfishes 'faces are actually streaked with complex patterns."
• "But apparently the spinecheek anemonefish doesn't belong to the subfamily of anemonefishes (Amphiprioninae) but to another genus of damselfishes: Premnas"