WoRMS taxon details
Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1981
218836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218836)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Allen, G. R.; Randall, J. E. (1981). A review of the damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) of the Red Sea. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 29 (1/3) (for 1980): 1-98. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218836 on 2025-06-24
Date
action
by
1998-06-16 09:42:29Z
created
Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
original description
Allen, G. R.; Randall, J. E. (1981). A review of the damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) of the Red Sea. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 29 (1/3) (for 1980): 1-98. [details]
replacement name source Fricke, R.; Allen, G. R. (2021). Neopomacentrus flavicauda: a replacement name for Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1981 (Perciformes: Pomacentridae), a secondary junior homonym of Dascyllus xanthurus Bleeker, 1853. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4999(3): 298-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4999.3.9 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
replacement name source Fricke, R.; Allen, G. R. (2021). Neopomacentrus flavicauda: a replacement name for Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1981 (Perciformes: Pomacentridae), a secondary junior homonym of Dascyllus xanthurus Bleeker, 1853. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4999(3): 298-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4999.3.9 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 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 (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | yellowtail damselfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neopomacentrus xanthurus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Neopomacentrus xanthurus, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neopomacentrus xanthurus FIN032511 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neopomacentrus xanthurus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Neopomacentrus xanthurus, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neopomacentrus xanthurus FIN032511 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
