Pomacentrus tripunctatus

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 tripunctatus

Name

Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830

Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8245 (4).

Type locality: Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific, 11°37'S, 166°58'E.

Synonyms

• Pomacentrus bilineatus Castelnau, 1873
• Pomacentrus catunco Peters, 1869
• Pomacentrus elongatus Seale, 1910
• Pomacentrus katunko Bleeker, 1852
• Pomacentrus macleayi Whitley, 1928
• Pomacentrus montrouzieri Thiollière, 1857
• Pomacentrus obscurus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
• Pomacentrus punctatolineatus Cartier, 1874
• Pomacentrus vanicolensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
• Pristotis fuscus Bleeker, 1849
• Pseudopomacentrus wardi macleayi (Whitley, 1928)

References

• Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes 1830: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. 5: i-xxviii 1-499 4 pp., Pls. 100-140.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Pomacentrus tripunctatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Threespot Damsel