Pomacentrus australis

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 australis

Name

Pomacentrus australis Allen & Robertson, 1974

Holotype: AMS I.16592-001. [Paratypes: AMS IA.6758 (1), I.15622-007 (1), I.15625-007 (8), I.15637-010 (10), I.15679-005 (2), I.16524-002 (1), I.16592-002 (6), I.16593-001 (1); BPBM 13607 (3)].

Type locality: Outer reef off eastern side of One Tree Island Reef, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, 23°30'S, 152°05'E, depth 16 meters.

References

• Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson 1974: Description of four new damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 29(4): 153–167, Pls. 1-5.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Pomacentrus australis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Damsel