also: でばすずめだい
noun
blue green damselfish; blue-green chromis
A small, bright blue-green reef fish (Chromis viridis) common in the Indo-Pacific. Often seen in large schools around branching corals.
デバスズメダイはサンゴ礁でよく見られる鮮やかな青緑色の小魚です。
The blue green damselfish is a small, vivid blue-green fish commonly seen on coral reefs.
The name デバスズメダイ is a compound of 出歯 (deba, 'protruding tooth'), 雀鯛 (suzumedai, 'damselfish'), referring to a damselfish with a toothy appearance. The exact derivation is uncertain; the katakana spelling is conventional for this species.