Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 10 meters (33 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Labroidei
()
- Family:
Pomacentridae
()
- Genus:
Eupomacentrus
()
- Specific name:
rectifraenum
- (Gill, 1862)
- Scientific name: - Eupomacentrus rectifraenum (Gill, 1862)
- Specific name:
rectifraenum
- (Gill, 1862)
- Genus:
Eupomacentrus
(
- Family:
Pomacentridae
(
- Suborder:
Labroidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eupomacentrus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. beebei (Southern Whitetail Major) · E. diencaeus (Longfin Damselfish) · E. rocasensis (Rocas Gregory)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 32.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 236.
- Contributions to biology from the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1895-1904. url p. 473.
- Marine animals of Baja California: a guide to the common fish and invertebrates / by Daniel W. Gotshall. Los Osos, Calif.: Sea Challengers; c1982. url p. 50.
- Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 282, p. 409.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 414.
- The fishes of Sinaloa, by David Starr Jordan. .. Palo Alto, Cal., Leland Stanford jr. university, 1895. url p. 473.
- Voyage of the 'Albatross' to the Gulf of California in 1911. New York, 1916. url p. 168.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16349768
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2049422
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 58.890 based on 4 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
