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Etymology: alelia: Name derived from the combined first names of ALEssio Bernardi and AmaLIA Bernardi, who greatly helped during field-work on Altrichthys.
Common name. We suggest Alelia’s damselfish as a literal translation of the scientific name..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 3 m (Ref. 116663). Tropical
Western Pacific: Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116663)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 15. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D XIV,13-14; A II,15, tubed
lateral line scales 14-15; preorbital and sensory pores are small and numerous, usually more than 30. Colouration: adult in life pale green on upper half grading to white on lower part; iris silvery; outer margin of dorsal and upper and lower edges of caudal fin pale yellow to golld; fins mainly white to translucent; juveniles up to 16 mm in length mostly white with a prominent yellow stripe along the lateral line (Ref. 116663).
Collected off live and extensive thickets of corals mostly Porites cylindrica (Ref. 116663).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Bernardi, G., G.C. Longo and T.E.A.L. Quiros, 2017. Altrichthys alelia, a new brooding damselfish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Busuanga Island, Philippines. ZooKeys 675:45-55. (Ref. 116663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01149 - 0.04783), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.8 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
