<i>Chromisabadhah</i> (Teleostei, Pomacentridae), a new species of damselfish from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives.

ABSTRACT: A new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) is described from four specimens collected between 95 and 110 m depth in mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Maldives, Indian Ocean. Chromisabadhah sp. nov. can be distinguished from all of its congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays XIII, 12-13; anal-fin rays II,11-12; pectoral-fin rays 17-18; tubed lateral-line scales 17; gill rakers 7+17-18 = 24-25; pearly white body with a large black marking covering the anterior two-thirds of the anal fin. The closest DNA barcode sequence (5.1% average uncorrected genetic distance on the mitochondrial COI gene), among those available, is Chromiswoodsi, a similar mesophotic species known from the coastal western Indian Ocean (Somalia to

SUBMITTER: Rocha LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624465 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature