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Pristotis obtusirostris (Gunther, 1862)

Gulf Damselfish
Classification
Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Order:  Perciformes  Family:  Pomacentridae     FishBase  WoRMS  OBIS
Habitat Occurrence type IUCN Red List Status
Marine Native Not Evaluated
Distribution
Distribution in India Distribution elsewhere
Madras Red Sea, Persian Gulf to the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Synonyms
Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862
Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873
Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873)
Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873)
Pomacentrus dolii Macleay, 1881
Daya jerdoni fusca McCulloch, 1921
Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922
Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966
Type specimen
Pristotis obtusirostris (Gunther, 1862) obtusirostris, Pomacentrus Günther [A.] 1862:24 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4] No locality stated. Syntypes: BMNH 1848.3.18.? (1), BMNH 1855.9.19.1541 (1). Synonym: Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther, 1862), Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862, Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873, Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873), Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873), Pomacentrus dolii Macleay, 1881, Daya jerdoni fusca McCulloch, 1921, Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922, Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966.  More...
Biology
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