Chrysiptera sinclairi

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 sinclairi

Name

Chrysiptera sinclairi Allen, 1987

Holotype: WAM P.27827-056. [Paratypes: BMNH 1986.5.7.1-4 (4); BPBM 30926 (4); KFRS (28); MNHN 1986-0401 (4); USNM 278055 (3); WAM P.27825-042 (5), P.27827-010 (14), P.27828-002 (5)].

Type locality: Hayne harbor Lagoon, Los Negros Island, Manus Island, 2°03'S, 147°26'E, depth 7-9 meters.

References

Allen, G.R. 1987: Chrysiptera sinclairi, a new species of damselfish from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 13(4): 107–110.
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.
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 sinclairi in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Sinclair's Demoiselle