WoRMS taxon details
Pomacentrus caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
212993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212993)
accepted
Species
Pomacentrus coeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pomacentrus pulcherrimus Smith, 1960 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Description Inhabits coral reefs and rubble areas of mainly outer reefs slopes.
Description Inhabits coral reefs and rubble areas of mainly outer reefs slopes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pomacentrus caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212993 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coral reefs and rubble areas of mainly outer reefs slopes. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Caerulean damsel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus coeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus pulcherrimus Smith, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus pulcherrimus Smith, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus coeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase images (Pomacentrus caeruleus, South Africa, by Polack, D.)
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomacentrus caeruleus FIN032583 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus coeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus pulcherrimus Smith, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus pulcherrimus Smith, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus coeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase images (Pomacentrus caeruleus, South Africa, by Polack, D.)
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomacentrus caeruleus FIN032583 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
