Centropyge deborae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

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: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Centropyge
Species: Centropyge deborae

Name

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

• 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.