Pristotis obtusirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Pristotis
Species: Pristotis obtusirostris

Name

Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther, 1862)

Syntypes: BMNH 1848.3.18.? (1), BMNH 1855.9.19.1541 (1).

Synonyms

• Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922
• Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873)
• Daya jerdoni var. fusca McCulloch, 1921
• Pomacentrus dolii Macleay, 1881
• Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873
• Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862
• Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873)
• Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966

References

• Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum 4: i–xxi + 1–534.
• Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Pristotis obtusirostris in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Gulf Damselfish