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GBIF·2399244speciesAnimalia40 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPomacentridae
  5. ›genusChrysiptera
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Melanesian Blue Devil

Chrysiptera cymatilis Allen, 1999

Also calledDamisel·la blau porpra (cat) · Donzela-azul-de-baía (por) · Tumesinine rifinäitsik (est)

First described in: Allen, G. R. (1999). Three new species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from Indonesia and eastern Papua New Guinea. <em>Rev. Fr. Aquariol.</em> 25(3-4): 99-106.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Eastern Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Found in lagoons and sheltered seaward coral reefs, 3 – 20 m depth. Marine.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

materials_examined

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 590); a specimen observed at Limmelon Island, Kavieng District, 1 – 14 m depth, St. T 3, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

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Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2399244.