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View Mode View All Pictures Species Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830)    Neoglyphidodon melas was originally described as Glyphisodon melas by Valenciennes in 1830. It belongs to the family Pomacentridae. It is commonly known as Bowtie damselfish but has many other common names such as Black damsel in Australia, Royal damsel in USA (contiguous states), Kuro-suzumedai in Japan, Black damsel in Papua New Guinea, Zulu damsel in South Africa, Zoeloe-nooientjie in South Africa. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melas AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] AuthorNI   Valenciennes Qualification   (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes Year   1830 Status   Valid Class   --- --- Order   --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Neoglyphidodon Subgenus   --- --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Genus   Neoglyphidodon Original Name   Glyphisodon         Taxon Name   melas Original Combination   Glyphisodon melas Original Genus   Glyphisodon Original Genus Species   Glyphisodon melas OriginalSubGenus   Glyphisodon Original Author   Valenciennes Original AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] Original Qualification   (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes Original Year   1830 Original Family   Pomacentridae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Java, Indonesia. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:34 [ref. 20862] and note on authorship. Primary Code   --- Page   472 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Neoglyphidodon melas Current Species   melas Current Genus Neoglyphidodon Current AuthorWI Valenciennes [A.] Current AuthorNI   Valenciennes Current Year   1830 Current Family Pomacentridae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat Marine.         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Black damsel. (Cuvier,1830) See also Paraglyphidodon as both Genus are used. Red Sea to Solomon Is. & Vanuata, n. to Ryuk., s. to North Australia. Attains 18 cm. Depth 1-5 m. A distinctive jet black fish, juveniles white to light grey with yellow on upper part of head and body and upper and lower margins of caudal fin. Inhabits coral reefs in close proximity to soft coral and has been observed to eat soft coral. Depth Range From 1 to 12 meters.     Current Summary   Valid as Neoglyphidodon melas  (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae.   Name History   •Valid as Paraglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Dor 1984:185 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:198 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:679 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:102 [ref. 25477], Goren & Dor 1994:50 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Randall et al. 1990:271 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:160 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:364 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:254 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:271 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:183 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:941 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:110 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:941 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:137 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1458 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:80 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:153 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:603 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:171 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:120 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:70 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:269 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:115 [ref. 36273], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:215 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:216 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (16 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   behnii Neoglyphidodon behnii (Bleeker [P.] 1847) Synonym bitaeniatus Neoglyphidodon bitaeniatus (Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928) Synonym bonang Neoglyphidodon bonang (Bleeker [P.] 1852) Valid carlsoni Neoglyphidodon carlsoni (Allen [G. R.] 1975) Valid coracinus Neoglyphidodon coracinus (Seale [A.] 1910) Synonym crossi Neoglyphidodon crossi Allen [G. R.] 1991 Valid filifer Neoglyphidodon filifer (Weber [M.] 1913) Synonym mitratus Neoglyphidodon mitratus Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2012 Valid nigroris Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830) Valid oxyodon Neoglyphidodon oxyodon (Bleeker [P.] 1858) Valid polyacanthus Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus (Ogilby [J. D.] 1889) Valid rhomaleus Neoglyphidodon rhomaleus (Snyder [J. O.] 1911) Synonym thoracotaeniatus Neoglyphidodon thoracotaeniatus (Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928) Valid violaceus Neoglyphidodon violaceus (Brevoort [J. C.] 1856) Synonym xanthonotus Neoglyphidodon xanthonotus (Bleeker [P.] 1859) Synonym xanthurus Neoglyphidodon xanthurus (Bleeker [P.] 1853) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (16 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…