Azurina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Chrominae
Genus: Azurina
Species: A. eupalama – A. hirundo
Name

Azurina Jordan & McGregor, 1898:1544

Type species: Azurina hirundo Jordan & McGregor, 1898, by original designation (also monotypic).
References

Jordan, D.S. & Evermann B.W 1898: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183.
Jordan, D.S. & McGregor, E.A. 1899: List of fishes collected at the Revillagigedo Archipelago and neighboring islands. Report of the United States Fish Commission, 24 [1898]: 271–284, Pls. 4-7.

Vernacular names
English: Demoiselle Fishes

Azurina is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
Species

The following species are classified within the genus Azurina:[1]

Azurina atrilobata (Gill, 1862)
Azurina brevirostris (Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008)
Azurina cyanea (Poey, 1860)
Azurina elerae (Fowler & Bean 1928)
Azurina eupalama Heller and Snodgrass, 1903
Azurina hirundo Jordan & McGregor, 1898
Azurina intercrusma (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker, 1876)
Azurina meridiana D. W. Greenfield & L. P. Woods, 1980
Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Azurina in FishBase. June 2022 version.

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