Jamal's dottyback
📖 Overview
Inhabits frequently dense thickets of staghorn Acropora corals, encrusting layers of Galaxea corals, or rocky debris at depths of about 9-16 m. Either encountered solitarily or in loose groups of 2-4 individuals that range over an area of about 1.5-2 m. Observed to occasionally enter sponges of the genus Callyspongia. Its color pattern and behavior indicate a mimetic relationship with the common damselfish Chromis retrofasciata with which it co-occurs .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 29; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 15 - 16. This species is distinct from its congeners in having the following features: pectoral fins hyaline; at least some ctenoid cheek and opercular scales; caudal-fin is rounded to truncate in young fish to strongly emarginate or lunate in adults; predorsal scales 17-22, extending anteriorly to point ranging from slightly posterior to slightly anterior to PIO pores; presence of a prominent dark bar across anterior caudal peduncle and adjacent posterior body extending onto basal 1/2 of posterior dorsal and anal fin rays . : short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Jamal's dottyback is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Jamal's dottyback is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Jamal's dottyback is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 9 - 16 m . Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
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📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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