regal damselfish
Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Neopomacentrus cyanomos, commonly known as the regal demoiselle, is a fish native to the Indo-Pacific region from the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the coastal waters of east Africa east to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Melanesia. It has also been found as an invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Yucatan Peninsula, although how they arrived there is unknown.
Wikipedia contributors, Neopomacentrus cyanomos; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:01:10.898053+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
- Name authority
- (Bleeker, 1856)
- Common name
- regal damselfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Neopomacentrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyPomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusNeopomacentrus Allen, 1975
- speciesNeopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Neopomacentrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Neopomacentrus aquadulcis Jenkins & Allen, 2002 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowtail demoiselleNeopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus filamentosus (MacLeay, 1882) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus metallicus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus sindensis (Day, 1873) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus sororius Randall & Allen, 2005 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowtail damselfishNeopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1981 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus flavicauda Fricke & Allen, 2021 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neopomacentrus anabatoides (Bleeker, 1847) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African demoiselleNeopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith, 1960) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Neopomacentrus cyanomus (Bleeker, 1856) (Bleeker, 1856) | synonym |
| Pomacentrus cyanomos Bleeker, 1856 Bleeker, 1856 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus prateri Fowler, 1928 Fowler, 1928 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus leucosphyrus Fowler, 1904 Fowler, 1904 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218839 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:46QVM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.