Microspathodon frontatus

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: Microspathodon
Species: Microspathodon frontatus

Name

Microspathodon frontatus Emery, 1970

Holotype: USNM 202500. [Paratypes: ANSP 111216 (5); FMNH 74356-8 (24, 5, 6); UF 223693 [ex UMML 23693] (9), ?223984 [ex UMML 23984] (2); USNM 202501 (3)].

Type locality: Island, Isla la Piramide near town of Ambo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea.

References

• Emery, A.R. 1970: Microspathodon frontatus, a new species of pomacentrid fish from islands in the Gulf of Guinea, Africa. The R/V Pillsbury Deep-Sea Biological Expedition to the Gulf of Guinea, 1964-65. No. 17. Studies in Tropical Oceanography (Miami), 4 (pt 2): 294–301.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Microspathodon frontatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Guinean Damselfish