Neopomacentrus sororius Randall & Allen, 2005
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neopomacentrus sororius Randall & Allen, 2005
- Name authority
- Randall & Allen, 2005
- 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 sororius Randall & Allen, 2005
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 |
| 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 |
| regal damselfishNeopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African demoiselleNeopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith, 1960) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Randall, J. E., & Allen, G. R. (2005). Neopomacentrus sororius, a new species of damselfish from the Indian Ocean, with description of a neotype for its sister species, N. azyron (Bleeker). Aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol, 10. 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:46QVW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.