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Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)

Yellowtail demoiselle
Classification
Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Order:  Perciformes  Family:  Pomacentridae    NCBI taxonomy FishBase  WoRMS  OBIS
Habitat Occurrence type IUCN Red List Status
Marine Native Not Evaluated
Distribution
Distribution in India Distribution elsewhere
Andaman. Vanuatu, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and East Africa to the Indo-Malayan Archipelago.
Andaman Islands (Rajan et al., 2011) Indo-West Pacific (Allen & Erdmann, 2012)
Synonyms
Pomacentrus azysron  Bleeker, 1877
Abudefduf melanocarpus  Fowler & Bean, 1928
Type specimen
Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877) azysron, Pomacentrus (Pomacentrus) Bleeker [P.] 1877:50 [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 3) v. 2 (no. 6)] 7 miles west of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 1-2 meters [original locality Ambon Island]. Neotype: BPBM 39695. Synonym: Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877), Pomacentrus azysron Bleeker, 1877, Abudefduf melanocarpus Fowler & Bean, 1928.  More...
Biology
S.No. Diagnostic features Finformula Reference
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3 Overall grey with bluish tinge from scales bluish streaks, ear spot dark, pectoral-fin base spot black small, tail yellow extending to posterior dorsal fin. Distinguished from similar species by the all-yellow anal fin (Allen & Erdmann, 2012) D xiii,11-12; A ii,11-12; P 17-19