FB-69008 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69008 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beryciformes Melamphaidae Melamphaes Melamphaes papavereus Kotlyar, 2016 Corazon's damsel 2019-05-30 2019-05-30 Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea0 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617) FB-GeneralDescr-69018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-07-01 00:00:00 2019-07-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69018 Occurs singly or in pairs, above sheltered low-lying reefs. It is unknown whether or not it is more widespread for previous surveys of Malagasy and western Indian Ocean reefs did not report the occurrence of this species (Ref. 120617). Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea 2019 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-07-01 00:00:00 2019-07-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69018 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D XIV,13-14; A II, 14; pectoral-fin rays 18-19; tubed lateral-line scales 19-20; gill rakers 5-6 + 17-18 = 22-24; absence of distinct notch between infraorbitals 1 and 2. Colour pattern unique with body pearlescent-white, with a large irregular black spot midlaterally behind posterior tip of pectoral fin; a black saddle about equal size on the dorsal edge of caudal peduncle, edged distally with iridescent blue; presence of a fuliginous recurved band extending from the posterior orbit to origin of dorsal fin; with a small black spot on dorsal edge of pectoral-fin axil (Ref. 120617). Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea 2019 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617) FB-Morphology-69018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-07-01 00:00:00 2019-07-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69018 Dorsal spines (total): 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 14; Vertebrae: 26 Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea 2019 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617) FB-Distribution-69018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-07-01 00:00:00 2019-07-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69018 Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar. Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea 2019 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617) FB-Size-69018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-07-01 00:00:00 2019-07-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69018 5.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 120617)) Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea 2019 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-69018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-07-01 00:00:00 2019-07-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69018 reef-associated; marine; depth range 15 - 20 m (Ref. 120617) Frable, B.W. and Y.-K. Tea 2019 A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: <i>Pomacentrus</i>) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107(2):323-331. (Ref. 120617)