WoRMS taxon details
Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
276846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276846)
accepted
Species
Abudefduf elizabethae (Fowler, 1955) · unaccepted
Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Chrysiptera elizabethae Fowler, 1955 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276846 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Chrysiptera elizabethae Fowler, 1955) Fowler, H. W. (1955). A collection of coral-reef fishes made by Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Laird at Fiji. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 83 (pt 2): 373-381. [details]
original description (of Chrysiptera elizabethae Fowler, 1955) Fowler, H. W. (1955). A collection of coral-reef fishes made by Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Laird at Fiji. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 83 (pt 2): 373-381. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysiptera taupou)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf elizabethae (Fowler, 1955))
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysiptera elizabethae Fowler, 1955)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Abudefduf taupou P00065 illustration) (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera taupou FIN032397 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera taupou USNM 324066 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysiptera taupou)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf elizabethae (Fowler, 1955))
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysiptera elizabethae Fowler, 1955)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Abudefduf taupou P00065 illustration) (from synonym Abudefduf taupou Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera taupou FIN032397 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera taupou USNM 324066 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
