Species Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961)
Bluehead Demoiselle, Blue-headed Damsel, Rolland's Damselfish, Rolland's Demoiselle
- Chromis rollandi Whitley, G.P. 1961. Fishes from New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1958–59: 60-65 figs 1-2 [60, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.4449, New Caledonia.
Generic Combinations
- Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961). —
Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [82] (changed combination cited) - Glyphidodontops rollandi (Whitley, 1961). —
Allen, G.R. 1975. Damselfishes of the South Seas. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 237 pp. 251 figs. [158] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Churchill Reef (15°31'S) to Long Reef (13°48'S), WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S, 153°23'E) and Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea (10°13'S) and Great Barrier Reef to Byron Bay, NSW (28°39'S) and Lihou Reef, Coral Sea; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
2 - 35 m.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1975. Damselfishes of the South Seas. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 237 pp. 251 figs.
Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World. Melle, Germany : Mergus Verlag 271 pp. [98]
Allen, G. R. 2001. Family Pomacentridae. pp. in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3343]
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Allen, C.J. 2006. Pomacentridae. pp. 1439-1471 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1454]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [266]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [37]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [594] (Rolland's Damselfish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [130] (Blue-headed Damsel)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [265] (Rolland's Demoiselle)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bluehead Demoiselle)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | LABROIDEI | 18-May-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |