Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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 et al., 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: "We took the recommendation of Walt Smith, who collected the type series and provided the underwater photograph and detailed collecting data of the new species for this study, to name the fish after his wife, Deborah Smith."

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. 
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