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New Australian fishes. Part 3. A new species of Pomacentrus ( Pomacentridae)

Gerald R. Allen

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Australian fishes.Part 3. A new species of Pomacentrus (Pomacentri- dae).Mem.Mus.Vict.48: 9-11.A new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae), Pomacentrus arenarius is described from Queens- land and northern Western Australia.The distributional range also extends eastward to the Fiji Islands and it is present in the eastern Indian Ocean at Sri Lanka and western Thailand.It is similar to P. philippinus, but differs by lacking scales on the suborbital, by having 15 rather than 14 soft dorsal rays, and lower gill raker counts.Moreover, the two species occupy different habitats.

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Australian fishes.Part 3. A new species of Pomacentrus (Pomacentri- dae).Mem.Mus.Vict.48: 9-11.A new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae), Pomacentrus arenarius is described from Queens- land and northern Western Australia.The distributional range also extends eastward to the Fiji Islands and it is present in the eastern Indian Ocean at Sri Lanka and western Thailand.It is similar to P. philippinus, but differs by lacking scales on the suborbital, by having 15 rather than 14 soft dorsal rays, and lower gill raker counts.Moreover, the two species occupy different habitats.

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Australian fishes.Part 3. A new species of Pomacentrus (Pomacentri- dae).Mem.Mus.Vict.48: 9-11.A new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae), Pomacentrus arenarius is described from Queens- land and northern Western Australia.The distributional range also extends eastward to the Fiji Islands and it is present in the eastern Indian Ocean at Sri Lanka and western Thailand.It is similar to P. philippinus, but differs by lacking scales on the suborbital, by having 15 rather than 14 soft dorsal rays, and lower gill raker counts.Moreover, the two species occupy different habitats.

Key concepts: Pomacentridae, Fishery, Geography, Zoology, Biology, Fish <Actinopterygii>, Coral reef fish

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