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Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines
Abstract. A new species of the butterflyfish genus Roa is herein described from the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, West Pacific Ocean. Roa rumsfeldi sp. n. was found on mesophotic coral ecosystems at Puerto Galera and Batangas, and sampled through technical mixed-gas rebreather diving at 1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674171/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.709.20404 |
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author | Rocha, Luiz A. Pinheiro, Hudson T. Wandell, Matt Rocha, Claudia R. Shepherd, Bart |
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description | Abstract. A new species of the butterflyfish genus Roa is herein described from the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, West Pacific Ocean. Roa rumsfeldi sp. n. was found on mesophotic coral ecosystems at Puerto Galera and Batangas, and sampled through technical mixed-gas rebreather diving at 100–130 m depth. This represents the fifth known species of Roa. The main differences between Roa rumsfeldi sp. n. and its congeners are the lower number of pored scales in the lateral line, longer snout, longer caudal peduncle, shorter caudal fin, pelvic fin color (dark first spine vs. white in all other Roa), and genetics (8.4% divergence from its closest relative Roa modesta in the mitochondrial COI gene). Roa spp. are usually seen in pairs, but the two specimens we collected were solitary individuals. We have kept one of the specimens alive in the California Academy of Sciences’ Twilight Zone exhibit for more than one year, where it thrives and is feeding on a variety of dried and fresh food. |
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spelling | pubmed-56741712017-11-08 Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines Rocha, Luiz A. Pinheiro, Hudson T. Wandell, Matt Rocha, Claudia R. Shepherd, Bart Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new species of the butterflyfish genus Roa is herein described from the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, West Pacific Ocean. Roa rumsfeldi sp. n. was found on mesophotic coral ecosystems at Puerto Galera and Batangas, and sampled through technical mixed-gas rebreather diving at 100–130 m depth. This represents the fifth known species of Roa. The main differences between Roa rumsfeldi sp. n. and its congeners are the lower number of pored scales in the lateral line, longer snout, longer caudal peduncle, shorter caudal fin, pelvic fin color (dark first spine vs. white in all other Roa), and genetics (8.4% divergence from its closest relative Roa modesta in the mitochondrial COI gene). Roa spp. are usually seen in pairs, but the two specimens we collected were solitary individuals. We have kept one of the specimens alive in the California Academy of Sciences’ Twilight Zone exhibit for more than one year, where it thrives and is feeding on a variety of dried and fresh food. Pensoft Publishers 2017-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5674171/ /pubmed/29118639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.709.20404 Text en Luiz A. Rocha, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Matt Wandell, Claudia R. Rocha, Bart Shepherd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rocha, Luiz A. Pinheiro, Hudson T. Wandell, Matt Rocha, Claudia R. Shepherd, Bart Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines |
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Roa
rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines |
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Roa
rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines |
title_fullStr |
Roa
rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines |
title_full_unstemmed |
Roa
rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines |
title_short |
Roa
rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines |
title_sort | roa
rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (teleostei, chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the philippines |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674171/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.709.20404 |
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