Cypho purpurascens
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©Anne: Male Cypho purpurascens at Lizard Island. Some males have one or two ocellated spots on the dorsal fin according to Allen et al (2003).
©Anne: A female Cypho purpurascens upside down in a shallow cavern at Cod Hole, Ribbon Reef Number 10. Note yellow bar on gill cover. This photo identified through the hivemind of iNaturalist, 2 Dec 2018.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Pseudochromidae
Genus
Cypho
Species
Cypho purpurascens
Colours
Distinguishing features
Males are bright orange/red with blue scale edges that form oblique lines on the side. They may have one or two ocellated spots on the dorsal fin. Females grading from blue/grey on the head through red to orange/yellow posteriorly with oblique lines as for the male.
Size
- Up to 7.5 cm (Length (Allen et al, 2003))
- Up to 5 cm (estimated length of photographed specimen)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It can be found in marine environments.Web resources
References
- Cortesi, F., Z. Musilová, S.M. Stieb, N.S. Hart, U.E. Siebeck, M. Malmstrøm, O.K. Tørresen, S. Jentoft, K.L. Cheney, N.J. Marshall, K.L. Carleton and W.Salzburger (2015). Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes, PNAS, 112(5): 1493-1498. LIRS catalog number 1816.
- Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt, V. Messmer, A.J. Brooks, M. Srinivasan, P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones (2015). Reef fishes in biodiversity hotspots are at greatest risk from loss of coral species, PLOS One, doi10.1371/journal.pone.0124054. LIRS catalog number 1915.
- Lassig, B.R. (1983). The effects of a cyclonic storm on coral reef assemblages, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9(1): 55-63. LIRS catalog number 253.
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