Neopomacentrus australicus

Neopomacentrus australicus Allen & Erdmann, 2024

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Pomacentrinae
Etymology: Neopomacentrus: Greek, neos = new + Greek,poma = cover, operculum + Greek,kentron = sting (Ref. 45335); australicus: Name 'australicus' in reference to its Australian Plate (including southern New Guinea) distribution.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 65 m (Ref. 138626). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138626)

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal rays XIII,10-11 (usually 11); anal rays II,11-12 (usually 11); pectoral rays usually 16-18 (rarely 16); tubed lateral-line scales 15-18 (usually16-17); total gill rakers on first arch 19-23 (usually 21-22); body depth 2.2-2.5 in SL; ventral margin of suborbital exposed (i.e. not hidden by scales); dorsal, anal and caudal fin filaments well developed, dorsal filament to 47% SL and caudal concavity to 28% SL; colour in life grey brown, grading to bluish grey except yellow caudal fin and posterior most parts of dorsal and anal fins, also yellow hue adjacent to upper edge of eye; and small dark spot at upper pectoral-fin base, but not invading axil of fin (Ref. 138626).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2024. Appendix: Descriptions of twenty-four new species of reef fishes from the East Indian region. pp. 1270-1367. In Reef Fishes of the East Indies (2nd ed., Vol. 3). Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 138626)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.01445 (0.00630 - 0.03316), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.4   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈