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Peacock Damselfish
Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787)
Also called'atoti (tah) · Bouteur paon (fra) · Castagnola pavone (ita) · Damigella pavone (ita) · Damisel·la tropical (cat) · Damita Zafiro (spa) · Demoiselle paon (fra) · Demoiselle-paon (fra) · Donzela-comum (por) · Gombing-tanda nilam (msa) · Ikiribit (mah) · Kujakusuzumedai (jpn) · Muraka mas (div) · Pachakkotti (mal)
First described in: Bloch, Marcus E. 1787. D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin; der Utrechter, Frankfurter, Göttinger, Harlemmer, Vlieffiager, Mainzischen, Böhmischen und Coppenhagner Gesellschaften der Wissenschaften; der Berliner, Römisch - Kaiserlichen, Danziger, Hallischen und Zürcher Naturforschenden Gesellschaften; der St. Petersburger, Leipziger, Baierschen und Zelüschen ökonomischen Gesellschaften; der Ackerbau-Gesellschaft, und des Mufée zu Paris, Mitglieds oder Correspondenten, Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Schlesinger, Berlin. Vol. 3, (Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische) Edition: i-xii, 1-146, pls. 181-216.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: East Africa east to Line, Society and Tuamotu islands, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands. Found in sheltered coastal and lagoon reefs, 1 – 16 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kavieng, New Ireland by Kailola (1975: 176). A specimen photographed in Kavieng region on 3 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey; a video of a specimen taken at Alexander Passage, off southeastern New Hanover, at 5 – 14 m depth, St. KR 96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). KFRS and USNM material.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2398299.