Johnston Island damsel
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924
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
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus, commonly known as the Johnstone Island damselfish, is a species of damselfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 14 cm in length.
Wikipedia contributors, Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:10:28.999525+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924
- Name authority
- Fowler & Ball, 1924
- Common name
- Johnston Island damsel
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Plectroglyphidodon
- 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
- genusPlectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924
- speciesPlectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Plectroglyphidodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| singlebar devilPlectroglyphidodon leucozona (Bleeker, 1859) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mauritian damselPlectroglyphidodon randalli Allen, 1991 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectroglyphidodon flaviventris Allen & Randall, 1974 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectroglyphidodon aureus (Fowler, 1927) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectroglyphidodon fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectroglyphidodon emeryi (Allen & Randall, 1974) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectroglyphidodon marginatus (Jenkins, 1901) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| brighteye damselfishPlectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phoenix devilPlectroglyphidodon phoenixensis (Schultz, 1943) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectroglyphidodon sagmarius Randall & Earle, 1999 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Plectroglyphidodon nitidus Smith, 1956 Smith, 1956 | synonym |
| Plectroglyphidodon johnstonian Fowler & Ball, 1924 Fowler & Ball, 1924 | 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.
- Fowler, H. W., & Ball, S. C. (1924). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the Tanager Expedition of 1923 in the Pacific islands west of Hawaii. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 76: 269–274. 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:4K5B3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.