Chrysiptera oxycephala

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Chrysiptera
Species: Chrysiptera oxycephala

Name edit

Chrysiptera oxycephala (Bleeker, 1877)

Type locality: Buro Island and Timor Island, Indonesia.

Synonyms edit

  • Abudefduf azurepunctatus Fowler & Bean, 1928
  • Chrysiptera azurepunctata (Fowler & Bean, 1928)
  • Chrysiptera melanomaculata Aoyagi, 1941
  • Glyphidodontops azurepunctatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928)
  • Paraglyphidodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1877

References edit

  • Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
  • Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K.D. 2015. Review of the Chrysiptera oxycephala complex of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) with descriptions of three new species from the East Indian Archipelago. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 17: 56–84. PDF Reference page
  • Bleeker, P. 1877: Description de quelques espèces inédites de Pomacentroïdes de l'Inde archipélagique. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2), 10: 384–391.
  • Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem 2001: Species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome.
  • Chrysiptera oxycephala in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2023.

Vernacular names edit

English: Blue-spot Demoiselle