threespot damsel
Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830
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
- Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830
- Name authority
- Cuvier, 1830
- Common name
- threespot damsel
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Pomacentrus
- 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
- genusPomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
- speciesPomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pomacentrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pomacentrus arabicus Allen, 1991 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus atriaxillaris Allen, 2002 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus auriventris Allen, 1991 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker, 1854 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus bintanensis Allen, 1999 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus bipunctatus Allen & Randall, 2004 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus burroughi Fowler, 1918 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whitetail damselPomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier, 1830 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan & Starks, 1901 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus cuneatus Allen, 1991 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus grammorhynchus Fowler, 1918 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Pomacentrus bilineatus Castelnau, 1873 Castelnau, 1873 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus catunco Peters, 1868 Peters, 1868 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus elongatus Seale, 1910 Seale, 1910 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus obscurus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 | ambiguous synonym |
| Pomacentrus punctatolineatus Cartier, 1874 Cartier, 1874 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus macleayi Whitley, 1928 Whitley, 1928 | synonym |
| Pristotis fuscus Bleeker, 1849 Bleeker, 1849 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus montrouzieri Thiollière, 1857 Thiollière, 1857 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus vanicolensis Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830 | synonym |
| Pseudopomacentrus wardi macleayi Whitley, 1928 Whitley, 1928 | synonym |
| Pomacentrus katunko Bleeker, 1852 Bleeker, 1852 | 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.
- Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i–xxviii + 1–499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100–140. [Cuvier authored volume. i–xx + 1–374 in Strasbourg edition.]. 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:4LQJD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.