|
|
More Languages...
Staghorn damselfish
| Advertisement |
|
|
| You can sponsor this page |
| More info | Plus d'info | Mais info | Fishwatchers: Add your observation | Attach your web site to this page | NEW! Upload your photos and videos for this fish | FishBase | ||||
|
English |
Español |
Português (
Br ,
Pt
) |
Français |
Deutsch |
Italiano |
Nederlands |
|
|
More Languages...
| ||||
|
Amblyglyphidodon curacao
Staghorn damselfish |
|
|||
| Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787) | ||||||
| Family: | Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) |
picture (Amcur_u5.jpg) by Cook, D.C. AquaMaps for Amblyglyphidodon curacao
| ||||
| Order: | Perciformes (perch-likes) | |||||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||||
| FishBase name: | Staghorn damselfish | |||||
| Max. size: | 11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 48636) | |||||
| Environment: | reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 1 – 40 m | |||||
| Climate: | tropical; 15°N - 30°S | |||||
| Importance: | fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown | |||||
| Resilience: | High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.) | |||||
| Vulnerability: | Low vulnerability (20.00). (Ref. 59153) | |||||
|
Distribution:
Gazetteer |
Western Pacific: Rowley Shoals (eastern Indian Ocean) and Malaysia to Samoa and Tonga (Ref. 53797), north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef. | |||||
| Morphology: | Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 13 – 15. Several geographical variations. Indonesian populations green with dusky bars when adult. Irian Jaya fish maybe more silvery with greenish bars that ranges from Japan to eastern Australia (Ref. 48636). | |||||
| Biology: | Inhabits lagoons, coastal embayments, reef passages and outer reefs. Juveniles often found among Sarcophyton and Sinularia soft corals. Feeding aggregations are frequently observed over growths of the staghorn coral Acropora. Feeds on zooplankton and filamentous algae (Ref.1602). The stomach contents of a specimen included larval crabs and shrimps, fish eggs, and algae. | |||||
| Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073) | |||||
| Dangerous: | harmless | |||||
| Coordinator: | Allen, Gerald R. | |||||
| Main Ref: | Allen, G.R.. 1991. (Ref. 7247) | |||||
| Update | Add | Get XML file | Point data in XML | Common names in XML | Photos in XML | ||||||
| More information: |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: No data available if label is black; please send relevant papers to: FishBase, MC P.O. Box 2631, 0718 Makati, Philippines, or attach files to 'Comments & Corrections' email below . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tools: | Biogeographic modelling | Bio-Quiz | E-book | Field guide | Length-Frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Point data | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internet sources: |
BOLDSystems |
CISTI |
DiscoverLife |
GMAD |
Google Books | Google Scholar |
Google |
GOBASE |
GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | ispecies | National databases | Public aquariums | PubMed |
SeaLife Portal |
Scirus |
Tree of Life |
uBio | uBio RSS | Zoological Record
Check for FishWatcher | Check for other web sites | Check for Fish Forum | Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets | |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Note: use the Back button of your browser to return to FishBase. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Checked: Sa-a, Pascualita | Modified: Santos, Kristine | Entered: Froese, Rainer |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
