Pomacentrus moluccensis

Pomacentrus moluccensis

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 moluccensis

Name

Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853

Syntypes: BMNH 1862.2.28.36 (1), NMV 45909-10 (2), RMNH 6471 (up to 3 of 19).

Type locality: Ambon and Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia.

Synonyms

• Pomacentrus popei Evermann & Seale, 1907
• Pomacentrus sufflavus Whitley, 1927

References

• Allen, G. R. & Drew, J. A., 2012: A new species of Damselfish (Pomacentrus: Pomacentridae) from Fiji and Tonga. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (3): 171–180.
• Bleeker, P. 1853: Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 4: 91–130.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Pomacentrus moluccensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Lemon Damsel