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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ammel_uc.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Ammel_uc.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-09-27 00:00:00 2013-08-19 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Adults inhabit lagoon and outer reef environments. Feed predominantly on planktonic copepods and algae. Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref. 205). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref. 205). Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor (usually), Heteractis crispa (occasionally), and Heteractis magnifica (rarely) (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35404, 35413, 35420). Allen, G.R. 1991 Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p. (Ref. 7247) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1992-05-07 00:00:00 2013-05-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Description: Small juveniles red with 1 to 2 additional white bars at mid-body and base of the tail. Adults orange with a vertical black-edged bluish white band behind the eye. Body may also be black along with pelvic and anal fins, head red along with pectoral, dorsal, and caudal fins (Ref. 37816, 90102). Distinguished by the black ventral fins from other similar species (Ref. 48636). Body depth 1.7-1.9 in SL (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1992-05-07 00:00:00 2013-05-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 13 - 14 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-09-27 00:00:00 2019-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Pacific Ocean: Eastern Indonesia (Bali and Sulawesi eastward), south-eastern Philippines, Papua New Guinea, eastern Queensland, Coral Sea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia Palau and Islands of Micronesia. Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Uses-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-09-27 00:00:00 2013-08-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial Edwards, A.J. and A.D. Shepherd 1992 Environmental implications of aquarium-fish collection in the Maldives, with proposals for regulation. Environ. Conserv. 19:61-72. (Ref. 4907) FB-LifeCycle-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Philip Munday 1991-09-27 00:00:00 2013-08-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4654&StockCode=4849 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Benthic spawner. Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref. 205). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref. 205). Also Ref. 7471. Ross, R.M. 1990 The evolution of sex-change mechanisms in fishes. Environ. Biol. Fishes 29(2):81-93. (Ref. 32168) FB-TrophicStrategy-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-06-21 00:00:00 2019-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public melanopus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Adults inhabit lagoon and outer reef environments. Feed predominantly on planktonic copepods and algae. Also on plants, benthic and planktonic invertebrates (Ref. 237). Diurnal species (Ref. 54980; 113699). Allen, G.R. 1975 The anemone fishes. Their classification and biology. Second edition. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 237) FB-Size-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-09-27 00:00:00 2013-08-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 237) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) Allen, G.R. 1975 The anemone fishes. Their classification and biology. Second edition. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 237) 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/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 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-4654 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-09-27 00:00:00 2013-08-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4654 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 1 - 18 m (Ref. 1602) Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)