Chrysiptera brownriggii

Chrysiptera brownriggii, commonly known as the surge damselfish, is a marine fish widespread in Indo-Pacific waters from East Africa to the Marquesas Islands and Society Islands, north to Japan and south to Australia. Its common name arises because it is associated with the rubble in channels created by tidal surges in reefs, but it is also found on reef flats and submerged terraces. It is territorial but is frequently encountered in groups.[1] The identity of the person honoured by the specific name was not stated by Bennett in his original description but it is almost certainly Robert Brownrigg (1759-1833) who was governor of Ceylon where the type was collected.[2]

Chrysiptera brownriggii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chrysiptera
Species:
C. brownriggii
Binomial name
Chrysiptera brownriggii
(Bennett, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Chaetodon brownriggii Bennett, 1828
  • Glyphisodon leucopomus Cuvier, 1830
  • Chrysiptera leucopoma (Cuvier, 1830)
  • Chrysiptera leucopomus (Cuvier, 1830)
  • Glyphidodontops leucopomus (Cuvier, 1830)
  • Glyphisodon xanthozona Bleeker, 1853
  • Abudefduf xanthozona (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Abudefduf xanthozonus (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Chrysiptera xanthozona (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Glyphisodon albofasciatus Hombron & H. Jacquinot, 1853
  • Chrysiptera albofasciata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853
  • Glyphidodon taenioruptus Cartier, 1874
  • Glyphidodon amabilis De Vis, 1884
  • Abudefduf miyakoe Okada & Ikeda, 1937
  • Chrysiptera caudofasciata Okada & Ikeda, 1939

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Chrysiptera brownriggii" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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