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WoRMS taxon details

Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974

AphiaID

273703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273703)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775

Original name

Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Allen, G. R.; Robertson, D. R. (1974). Description of four new damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 29 (4): 153-167, Pls. 1-5. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273703 on 2025-12-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Allen, G. R.; Robertson, D. R. (1974). Description of four new damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 29 (4): 153-167, Pls. 1-5. [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]