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Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Chrominae
Etymology: howsoni: Named for Craig Howson, a friend of the author.
Eponymy: Craig Howson is a long-time friend of the authors and the founding (1987) Director of North Star cruises and owner of the ‘luxurious’ Australian cruise ship ‘True North’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 2 - 65 m (Ref. 96316), usually 6 - 20 m (Ref. 96316). Tropical
Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 96316)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 11 - 12; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 13; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 13; Vertebre: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D XI or XII,11-13 (usually XII, 13); A II,12-13 (rarely 13); pectoral rays 15-17 (rarely 17); spiniform caudal rays 2; tubed lateral-line scales 12-14 (usually 13); total gill rakers on first branchial arch 27-31; body depth 1.6-1.8 in SL; colour in life yellowish brown grading to grey brown on posterior body including caudal peduncle; orange bar across pectoral-fin base, invading axil of fin; pelvic fins are yellow; dorsal and anal fins are brown with yellow area posteriorly on each fin; dark brown margin, dorsally and ventrally on caudal fin, tapering in width posteriorly (Ref. 96316).
Cross section: compressed.
Prefers gentler slopes of coral-rich areas of highly sheltered lagoons and bays, and also on steep outer reef slopes where it can be found in the vicinity of crevices and caverns (Ref. 96316).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Allen, G.R., 2014. A new species of damselfish (Chromis: Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 11:13-22. (Ref. 96316)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.02089 (0.00940 - 0.04644), b=2.98 (2.79 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (14 of 100). 🛈 |