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Species Chromis alpha Randall, 1988

Yellowspeckled Puller, Alpha Chromis, Yellow-speckled Chromis, Yellow-spotted Puller

  • Type data:
     Holotype BPBM 14993, Tetiaroa, Society Islands, 45 m.
    Paratype(s) AM I.19476–021 2 specimens; BPBM 11544 2 specimens; WAM P28165–007; MNHP 1976–129; USNM 223922 4 specimens; AM I.16650-001; AM I.17474-003; AM I.22580-012; ANSP 134269; BPBM 6898 4 specimens; BPBM 14702 2 specimens; BPBM 14999; BPBM 16083 2 specimens; BPBM 17506; BPBM 18388; BPBM 18467 3 specimens; BPBM 19979; BPBM 30938 14 specimens; BPBM 30951 2 specimens; BPBM 31159 2 specimens; USNM 209903; USNM 273546; WAM P.24939 5 specimens; WAM P.25283-001; WAM P.27826-025 3 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA (17°20'S) and Scott Reef to Escape Reef (15°49'S), QLD, Flora Reef, Coral Sea and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S); tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

12 - 95 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World. Melle, Germany : Mergus Verlag 271 pp. [60]

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [168]

Allen, G. R. 2001. Family Pomacentridae. pp. in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3342]

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Allen, C.J. 2006. Pomacentridae. pp. 1439-1471 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1447]

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [148]

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [13]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [37]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [353]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [256]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [256]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017 LABROIDEI 14-Mar-2016 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED