South Seas Demoiselle (species: Chrysiptera taupou) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Chrysiptera taupou
South Seas Demoiselle


©Tim Gordon: Female Chrysiptera taupou in the Lizard Island lagoon. Females have a black spot below the rear dorsal fin, lacking in males.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacentridae
Genus Chrysiptera
Species Chrysiptera taupou

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 8 cm (length according to Allen et al, 2003)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Comments

Tim Gordon is sending a local photo of this species, Nov 2018.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Stobutzki, I.C. (1998). Interspecific variation in sustained swimming ability of late pelagic stage reef fish from two families (Pomacentridae and Chaetodontidae), Coral Reefs, 17: 111-119. LIRS catalog number 539.
  • Syms, C. (1998). Habitat association, disturbance dynamics, and the role of spatial scale in structuring coral reef fish assemblages, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 533.