Neopomacentrus cyanomos

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs; also in harbors and protected outer reef slopes and current prone habitats . Form schools in harbors in depths from near surface to about 25 m [1].

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,227 meters (0 to -17,149 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Neopomacentrus cyanomos • Neopomacentrus cyanomus (Bleeker • Pomacentrus cyanomos • Pomacentrus cyanomos Bleeker • Pomacentrus cyanomos Bleeker, 1856 • Pomacentrus inhacae (Non Smith • Pomacentrus leucosphyrus Fowler • Pomacentrus opercularis (Non Bleeker • Pomacentrus prateri Fowler • Pomacentrus taeniurus (Non Bleeker

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bleeker, P. Reis Minahassa 1: 278, 1856.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 07-Feb-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Neopomacentrus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. anabatoides (Green-Shine Damsel) · N. azysron (Orange-Tailed Damsel-Fish) · N. bankieri (Orangetailed Damselfish) · N. cyanomos (Yellow-Tailed Damselfish) · N. fallax (Violet Damsel) · N. filamentosus (Blue-Spotted Demoiselle) · N. fuliginosus (African Demoiselle) · N. metallicus (Metallic Demoiselle) · N. miryae (Miry's Demoiselle) · N. nemurus (Yellow-Tipped Damsel) · N. sindensis (Arabian Demoiselle) · N. taeniurus (Fresh-Water Demoiselle) · N. violascens (Yellow-Tailed Demoiselle) · N. xanthurus (Red Sea Demoiselle)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Allen, G.R. (1975). Damselfishes of the South Seas. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 240 p.
• Allen, G.R. (1986). Pomacentridae. p. 670-682. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
• Allen, G.R. (1991). Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p.
• Bleeker, P. Reis Minahassa 1: 278, 1856.
• Kailola, P.J. (1987). The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea.
• Kuiter, R. H. (1992). Tropical reef-fishes of the western Pacific Indonesia and adjacent waters. Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta. 314 p.
• Kulbicki, M. and J.T. Williams (1997). Checklist of the shorefishes of Ouvea Atoll, New Caledonia. Atoll Res. Bull. 444:26 p.
• Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
• Randall, J.E. (1997). Randall's underwater photos. Collection of over 2, 000 underwater photos (slides). Unpublished.
• Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson (1993). Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. 59:47.

Notes

Contributors

• Allen, Gerald R. (from FishBase).
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS LTM Fish (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 133083
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26905
• Fishbase Species ID: 8209
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850402
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 615385
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118008

Footnotes

1. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p. [back]
2. Mean = -553.060 meters (-1,814.501 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,387.570 based on 132 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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