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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787) 
AphiaID: 212990

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus pavo (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChaetodon pavo Bloch, 1787
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus diacanthus Lacepède, 1802
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus caudovittatus Schmidt, 1931
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus furcatus Thiollière, 1857
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus hainanensis Wang, 1941
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus notatus De Vis, 1884
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus pavoninus Bleeker, 1853
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus polynema Bleeker, 1853
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus suvarovensis Stead, 1907
Source  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2014). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsapphire damsel  [details]
Direct child
taxa (1)
[show all]		 
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPomacentrus pavo perspicillatus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAldabra [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEast Africa [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (52 nucleotides; 40 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Inhabits sandy areas of lagoon reefs, around isolated patch reefs, coral heads, or rubble. Feeds on zooplankton and filamentous algae. [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212990
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212990 on 2015-01-31
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