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First record of the dottyback Manonichthys alleni (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae) from the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2013

Arthur R. Bos  and
Henny M. Smits
Arthur R. Bos*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, School of Science and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, PO Box 74, New Cairo 11835, Egypt Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands Research Office, Davao del Norte State College, New Visayas, 8105 Panabo, Philippines
Henny M. Smits
Affiliation:
Hydromax, Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City 8000, Philippines
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.R. Bos, Department of Biology School of Science and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, PO Box 74, New Cairo 11835, Egypt email: arthurrbos@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Several specimens of the pseudochromid Manonichthys alleni, with total length ranging from 45 to 60 mm, were observed at depths of 19–28 m in a coral reef in the Davao Gulf in the southern Philippines. Each specimen lived within a separate colony of the tubular sponge Callyspongia aerizusa. This constitutes the first record in the Philippine archipelago of a dottyback so far only known from Indonesian and Malaysian waters.

Keywords

CallyspongiaDavao GulfMindanaoPoriferaPseudochrominaePseudochromissymbiosis
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e61
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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