Pomacentrus aquilus

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: Pomacentrus
Species: Pomacentrus aquilus

Name

Pomacentrus aquilus Allen & Randall, 1980

Holotype: BPBM 20480. [Paratypes: BMNH 1976.9.20.1-7 (7); BPBM 14668 (3), 19864 (5), 20786 (3); HUJ 8373 (7); MNHN 1976-0118 (4); TAU P.3312 (8); USNM 215157-59 (52, 13, 10), 216476-77 (20, 5 or 4); WAM P.25527-010 (3); ZMA 114269 (12)].

Type locality: Marsa el Mukabeila, fringing reef, outer reef flat, Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea, depth 0.5-2 meters.

References

Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall 1980: A review of the damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) of the Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 29(1/3): 1–98.
Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
Pomacentrus aquilus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Dark Damsel