''Neoglyphidodon carlsoni'' is a species of

damselfish Damselfish are those within the subfamilies Abudefdufinae, Chrominae, Lepidozyginae, Pomacentrinae, and Stegastenae within the family Pomacentridae. Most species within this group are relatively small, with the largest species being about 30 ...

in the family

Pomacentridae Pomacentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. This family were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being ''incertae sedis'' in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Perco ...

. It is found in the western and central

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

. Adults can grow up to a maximum length of This fish is omnivourous. Occasionally, they are found in the aquarium trade.

Distribution and habitat

This fish is found in the western and central

. It ranges from the

Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

and

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

. Adults are found in fringing

coral reef A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. Co ...

s. This species is present at depths of .

Description

Adults of this species can grow up to a maximum length of . They have 13 dorsal spines, 13 to 15 dorsal soft rays, 2 anal spines, and 12 to 14 anal soft rays. Unlike most species in the genus ''

Neoglyphidodon ''Neoglyphidodon'' is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. Species *'' Neoglyphidodon bonang'' (Bleeker, 1852) *'' Neoglyphidodon carlsoni'' (Allen, 1975) *'' Neoglyphidodon crossi'' (Allen, 1991) *''Neoglyphid ...

'', the coloouration of the adults and juveniles of this species is similar. This fish is black in color.

Ecology

Diet

This fish is omnivorous.

Behaviour

This fish is associated with

coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...

s in a

In the aquarium

''Neoglyphidodon carlsoni'' is occasionally found in the aquarium trade.

Breeding

Females lay their eggs in the substrate or rubble then the male guards and aerates them.

Etymology

The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

honours the aquarist and

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

Bruce Carlson, who collected the type and who made detailed notes on its habitat. He also contributed many records of new species of

for Fiji.

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1923502 carlsoni Fish described in 1975