Centropyge deborae
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Percoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Centropyge
Species: Centropyge deborae
Name
[edit]Centropyge deborae Shen, Ho & Chang, 2012: 418, figs. 1A-B, 2-4, tables 1, 2
Holotype: NMMB-P 12641.
Type locality: Western (17°9.208'S, 177°41.397'E) to eastern part (17°14.349'S, 178°41.397'E) of the Bligh Water, Fiji Is., South Pacific Ocean, 5-25 m in depth, Aug. 2010, coll. W. Smith.
Etymology: "Named after the wife, Deborah Smith, of Walt Smith, who collected the type series and provided the underwater photograph and detailed collecting data of the new species."
Primary references
[edit]- Shen, K.N., Ho, H.-C. & Chang, C.-W. 2012. The blue velvet angelfish Centropyge deborae sp. nov., a new pomacanthid from the Fiji Islands, based on genetic and morphological analyses. Zoological studies 51(3): 415-423. PDF. Reference page.