Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Juweel-nooientjie
Common Names in Austronesian:
Lisheog
Common Names in Austronesian (Other):
Lisheog
Common Names in Carolinian:
Lisheog
Common Names in Creole, French:
Marmite
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Marmite
Common Names in Divehi:
Dhanbaa
Common Names in English:
jewel damsel, Jewel Damselfish, Jeweldamsel, whitespeckled demoiselle, whitespotted devil, Yellowtail
Common Names in Fijian:
Guru
Common Names in French:
Boeteur Perl
Common Names in German:
Weisst
Common Names in Japanese:
Rurihoshi Suzumedai, Rurihoshi-suzumedai
Common Names in Mahl:
Ryburang
Common Names in Malay:
Ngomi hitam
Common Names in Malayalam:
Padatham, പടതാം, പടത്തം
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
珠点固曲齿鲷, 珠點固曲齒鯛, 瑩點豆娘魚, 眼斑椒雀鯛, 眼斑椒雀鲷, 莹点豆娘鱼
Common Names in Marshall:
Ikiribit
Common Names in Marshallese:
Ikiribit
Common Names in Samoan:
I´usamasama, I'usamasama, Tu´u´u-Lau, Tu'u'u-lau
Common Names in Tagbanwa Calamian:
Palata
Common Names in Tahitian:
'Atoti
Description
Habitat
Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs, in areas with mixed coral and rubble or dead coral rocks.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,737 meters (0 to -22,103 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds mainly on benthic algae and associated small invertebrates and fish eggs .
Taxonomy
- 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
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Labroidei
()
- Family:
Pomacentridae
()
- Genus:
Plectroglyphidodon
()
- Fowler & Ball, 1924
- Specific name:
lacrymatus
- Scientific name: - Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Specific name:
lacrymatus
- Genus:
Plectroglyphidodon
(
- Family:
Pomacentridae
(
- Suborder:
Labroidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Abudefduf florulentus< /i> (Günther • Abudefduf lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Glyphidodon florulentus Günther • Glyphisodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard • Glyphisodon lacrymatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 • Glyphisodon nivosus Hombron & Jacquinot • Plectoglyphidodon lacrymatus • Plectoglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) • Plectoglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard • Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus • Plectroglypidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) • Plectroglypidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Quoy & Gaimard In: Voy.Uranie,Zool., 1825.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 07-Feb-1997
Similar Species
Members of the genus Plectroglyphidodon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. dicki (Narrow Bar Devil) · P. dickii (Dick´s Damsel) · P. flaviventris (Yellow-Belly Damsel) · P. imparipennis (Brighteye Damselfish) · P. johnstonianus (Johnston Island Damselfish) · P. lacrymatus (Whitespeckled Demoiselle) · P. leucozona (Whitebar Damselfish) · P. leucozonus (Whitebar Damselfish) · P. leucozonus leucozonus (Whitebar Damselfish) · P. phoenixensis (Phoenix Islands Damselfish) · P. randalli (Mauritian Damsel) · P. sindonis (Hawaiian Rock Damselfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
- An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 48.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 20.
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 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 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 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS LTM Fish (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Northern Barrier Marine Life (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
- 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
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135595
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25786
- Fishbase Species ID: 5712
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13535880
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 613225
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 121056
Footnotes
- Mean = -1,031.340 meters (-3,383.661 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,290.510 based on 532 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
