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Neopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)
Name authority
(Bleeker, 1857)
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familyPomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831
  11. genusNeopomacentrus Allen, 1975
  12. speciesNeopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Neopomacentrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Neopomacentrus aquadulcis Jenkins & Allen, 2002PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
yellowtail demoiselleNeopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus filamentosus (MacLeay, 1882)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus metallicus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus sindensis (Day, 1873)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus sororius Randall & Allen, 2005PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
yellowtail damselfishNeopomacentrus xanthurus Allen & Randall, 1981PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus flavicauda Fricke & Allen, 2021PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neopomacentrus anabatoides (Bleeker, 1847)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
regal damselfishNeopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
African demoiselleNeopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith, 1960)PomacentridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 338 records assigned to Pomacentridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Glyphisodon nemurus Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857synonym

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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278914 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:747ST. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.