Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

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: Stegastinae
Genus: Mecaenichthys
Species: Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Name

Mecaenichthys immaculatus (Ogilby, 1885)

Holotype: AM B.7452. [Paratypes: (several) AM B.7450-51 (1, 1)].

Type locality: Shark Reef, Port Jackson, N. S. W., Australia.

Synonyms

• Heliastes immaculatus Ogilby, 1885

References

• Ogilby, J.D. 1885: Notes and descriptions of some rare Port Jackson fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 10 (pt 2): 119–123, 225-232, 445-447.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Mecaenichthys immaculatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Immaculate Damsel