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Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787) 
AphiaID: 212990

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pomacentrinae (Subfamily) > Pomacentrus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
Parent Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa
  Chaetodon pavo Bloch, 1787
Holocentrus diacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Pomacentrus caudovittatus Schmidt, 1931
Pomacentrus furcatus Thiollière, 1857
Pomacentrus hainanensis Wang, 1941
Pomacentrus notatus De Vis, 1884
Pomacentrus pavoninus Bleeker, 1853
Pomacentrus polynema Bleeker, 1853
Pomacentrus suvarovensis Stead, 1907
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English sapphire damsel  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Pomacentrus pavo perspicillatus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Comores [details]
East Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits sandy areas of lagoon reefs, around isolated patch reefs, coral heads, or rubble. Feeds on zooplankton and filamentous algae. [details]
Image 
Pomacentrus pavo
Pomacentrus pavo
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
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. (2013). Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212990 on 2013-05-18
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