Species Dischistodus darwiniensis (Whitley, 1928)

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• Pomacentrus darwiniensis Whitley, G.P. 1928. Fishes from the Great Barrier Reef collected by Mr Melbourne Ward. Records of the Australian Museum 16(6): 294-304 figs 1-2 [297] [nom. nov. for Dascyllus fasciatus Macleay, 1878].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.16357–001 (ex MAMU F825), Darwin, NT.
• Dascyllus fasciatus Macleay, W.J. 1878. The fishes of Port Darwin. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 2(4): 344-367 pls 7-10 [361, pl. 10(2)] [junior homonym of Pomacentrus fasciatus Cuvier, 1830].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.16357–001 (ex MAMU F825), Darwin, NT.

 

Generic Combinations

• Dischistodus darwiniensis (Whitley, 1928). —
  Allen, G.R. 1993. Two new species of damselfishes (Pomacentrus) with comments on the validity of two additional pomacentrid fishes. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 20(1): 21-26 9 figs [25] (changed combination)
• Pseudopomacentrus fasciatus (Macleay, 1878). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1929. Some fishes of the order Amphiprioniformes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 207-246 figs 1-4 pls 27-28 [237] (changed combination)
• Pomacentrus fasciatus (Macleay, 1878). —
  Klunzinger, C.B. 1880. Die von Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische in Stuttgart. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 80(1): 325-430 pls 1-9 [397]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Dischistodus fasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) [in part, considered a senior synonym]. —
  Allen, G.R. 1975. Damselfishes of the South Seas. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 237 pp. 251 figs. [131]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mangrove Islands, WA (21°29S, 115°22`E) to Gove Peninsula, NT (12°06'S, 136°48'E); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

Silty inshore areas. 1 - 8 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1993. Two new species of damselfishes (Pomacentrus) with comments on the validity of two additional pomacentrid fishes. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 20(1): 21-26 9 figs

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [160]

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. [1456]

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]

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [363]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [293] (as Dischistodus fasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) and p. 295 as Pseudopomacentrus fasciatus (Macleay, 1878))

Sin, T.M., Teo, M.M. & Ng, P.K.L. 1995. Dischistodus darwiniensis (Whitley), a valid species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae), distinct from Dischistodus fasciatus (Cuvier). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43(1): 143–155

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [50] (1582, as Dischistodus fasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) and 1593 as Pseudopomacentrus fasciatus (Macleay, 1878))

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [102] (Banded Damsel)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [282] (Banded Damsel-fish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Banded Damsel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	22-Mar-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED