Altrichthys alelia, a new brooding damselfish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Busuanga Island, Philippines

Giacomo Bernardi; Gary C Longo; T E Angela L Quiros

doi:10.3897/zookeys.675.12061

Altrichthys alelia, a new brooding damselfish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Busuanga Island, Philippines

Zookeys. 2017 May 18:(675):45-55. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.675.12061. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Giacomo Bernardi¹, Gary C Longo^{1

2}, T E Angela L Quiros¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, California, USA.
² Current address: Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA, USA.

Abstract

A new species of damselfish, Altrichthys aleliasp. n. is described from specimens collected in shallow water (1-8m depth) off Busuanga Island, Palawan Province, Philippines. It differs from the other two species in the genus, A. curatus and A. azurelineatus, in various features including having golden upper body lacking dark edges of dorsal and caudal fins, higher modal number of tubed lateral line scales, as well as differences in two mitochondrial markers, one nuclear marker, and RAD markers.

Keywords: Acanthochromis; Apelagic fishes; CO1; Control region; RAD markers.