Stegastes arcifrons

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: Stegastinae
Genus: Stegastes
Species: Stegastes arcifrons

Name

Stegastes arcifrons (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)

Holotype: SU 6356. [Paratypes: BMNH 1901.6.28.212-221 [ex SU] (17); MCZ 29456 (2); SU 6419 (13), 6536 (now 3), 51109 (2), 51120 (1); USNM 50047-48 (4, 20), 153624 (ex MCZ 29456) (1)].

Type locality: Barrington Island, Galápagos Islands.

Synonyms

• Pomacentrus arcifrons Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
  • Eupomacentrus arcifrons (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)

References

• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Beita-Jiménez, A. & Alvarado, J.J. 2016. Anomalous coloration of a yellow tail damselfish Stegastes arcifrons (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) at Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica. Revista Biologia Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology, 64(Suppl. 1): S197-S199. Reference page. 
• Heller, E. & R.E. Snodgrass 1903: Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XV. New fishes. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Science, 5: 189–229, Pls. 2-20.

Links

• Stegastes arcifrons in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Island Major