Dascyllus flavicaudus

Dascyllus flavicaudus

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: Chrominae
Genus: Dascyllus
Species: Dascyllus flavicaudus

Name

Dascyllus flavicaudus Randall & Allen, 1977

Holotype: BPBM 13031. [Paratypes: AMS I.19109-001 (2); BPBM 6886 (2), 7192 (4), 13102 (5), 16568 (6), 16646 (5), 16926 (1); CAS 38525-33 (2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 23, 1, 5); MNHN 1976-0101 (2); USNM 216381 (3); WAM P.25578-001 (2)].

Type locality: Reef of Haurei Bay, Rapa, about 27°45'S, 144°30'W, southern Pacific, 90 feet.

References

• Randall, H.A. & Allen, G.R. 1977. A revision of the damselfish genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) with the description of a new species. Records of the Australian Museum 31(9): 349–385. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.217 PDF Reference page. 
• 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.
• Dascyllus flavicaudus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowtail Dascyllus