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Hendriks0 Use of the nucleotide diversity in COI mitochondrial gene as an early diagnostic of conservation status of animal species. Conserv. Lett. 14(1):1-7. (Ref. 138103) FB-pic-3642-12221 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-11-03 1999-08-02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chcya_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chcya_u4.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-04-08 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Adults are common above deep outer reefs and feeds in aggregations of the small zooplankton, primarily copepods (Ref. 13442). Often with creole wrasse. They retreat into coral crevices when frightened (Ref. 9710). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref. 205). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref. 205). Allen, G.R. 1991 Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p. (Ref. 7247) FB-DiagnosticDescr-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-07-27 00:00:00 2001-03-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Body bright blue, scarcely paler below, with black stripe (Ref. 26938). Black margin on spinous dorsal fin, upper and lower lobes of caudal fin and front of anal fin; no black spot at pectoral base (Ref. 13442). Allen, G.R. 1991 Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p. (Ref. 7247) FB-Morphology-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-07-27 00:00:00 2001-03-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 12 Allen, G.R. 1991 Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p. (Ref. 7247) FB-Distribution-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA), and the Caribbean Sea. Including the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and Antilles (Ref. 26938). Allen, G.R. 1991 Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p. (Ref. 7247) FB-Uses-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-04-08 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Baensch, H.A. 1992 Neue Meerwasser-Praxis. Tetra Verlag, Melle, Germany. (Ref. 7309) Baensch, H.A. 1992 Neue Meerwasser-Praxis. Tetra Verlag, Melle, Germany. (Ref. 7309) FB-LifeCycle-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-04-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=3642&StockCode=3838 Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref. 205). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-04-04 00:00:00 2007-10-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Rodolfo B. Reyes General public cyanea Common above deep outer reefs and feeds in aggregations of the small zooplankton, primarily copepods (Ref. 13442). Planktivore (Ref. 57616). Often with creole wrasse. Retreats into coral crevices when frightened (Ref. 9710). Randall, J.E. 1967 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. (Ref. 33) FB-Size-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-04-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27000)) Reiner, F. 1996 Catálogo dos peixes do arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Port. Invest. Mar. 2:339 p. (Ref. 27000) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-3642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2022-04-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3642 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 3 - 60 m (Ref. 9626), usually 10 - 20 m (Ref. 9626) Cervigón, F. 1993 Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. (Ref. 9626) Cervigón, F. 1993 Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. (Ref. 9626)