Chrysiptera sheila

Taxonavigation

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 sheila

Name

Chrysiptera sheila Randall, 1994

Holotype: BPBM 36374. [Paratypes: BMNH 1994.7.22.3 (1); BPBM 36072 (6), 36096 (8), 36375 (3); HUJ 17700 (1); USNM 329753 (1); WAM P.30793-001 (2)].

Type locality: South coast, Rahah Bay, Oman, 16°57'N, 54°49'12"E, Arabian Sea, depth 0-2 meters.

References

• Randall, J.E. 1994: Two new damselfishes (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) from Arabian waters. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 21(1-2): 39–48.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• 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 sheila in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Sheila's Demoiselle