Neopomacentrus fallax

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: Neopomacentrus
Species: Neopomacentrus fallax

Name

Neopomacentrus fallax (Peters, 1855)

Syntypes: BMNH 1861.5.2.67 (1), ZMB 2739 (3).

Type locality: Mozambique.

Synonyms

• Abudefduf fallax (Peters, 1855)

References

• Peters, W. (C.H.) 1855: Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin, 1855: 428–466. [Nearly the same in Arch. Naturgesch. 21 (pt 2-3): 234–282].
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Neopomacentrus fallax in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Violet Demoiselle