Weber's chromis
Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928
Also calledCastagnola di Weber (ita) · Castanyoleta de Weber (cat) · Castañuela de Weber (spa) · Chromis de Weber (fra) · Donzela-de-Weber (por) · Gombing (msa) · Takasagosuzumedai (jpn) · sapín Weberův (ces) · タカサゴスズメダイ (jpn) · 厚殼仔 (zho) · 韋氏光鰓魚 (zho) · 魏氏光鰓雀鯛 (zho) · 魏氏光鰓魚 (zho)
First described in: Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1928). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 100, v. 7: i-viii + 1-525, Pls. 1-49.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Description. Body deep and laterally compressed (Fig. 2); mouth small and terminal, with conical teeth in both jaws; single dorsal fin with deeply notched fin membrane originating vertically above pelvic fin; lateral line tubular and incomplete below dorsal soft rays. Head brown, and dorsal surface of head dark brown and iridescent under eyes and anterior tip (Fig. 2). Dorsal side of body dark brown; ventral side light brown. Posterior margins of preopercles and opercles black. Spiny rays and anterior soft rays of dorsal fin, anterior part of anal fins, and tips of upper and lower lobes of caudal fin black. Base of pelvic fins slightly black and becoming transparent toward tip. Posterior soft rays of dorsal fin and anal fin and central part of caudal fin transparent.
New record of Chromis weberi (Actinopterygii: Ovalentaria: Pomacentridae) from Jeju Island, southern Korea
materials_examined
Material examined. KIOST 00001, 1 specimen, 31.6 mm SL, Munseom, Jeju Island, Korea (33 ° 13 ′ 39.05 ″ N, 126 ° 33 ′ 48.79 ″ E).
New record of Chromis weberi (Actinopterygii: Ovalentaria: Pomacentridae) from Jeju Island, southern Korea
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Line Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Found on coral and rocky reefs, 3 – 25 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. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken in Steffen Channel, Kavieng District, St. KR 34, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3 – 32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014.
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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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212140.