Roa semilunaris, Half-moon barred butterflyfish

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Roa semilunaris Matsunuma & Motomura, 2022

Half-moon barred butterflyfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: semilunaris: The specific name 'semilunaris' is an adjective, referring to the halfmoon-shaped ocellated blotch on the dorsal fin..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 102 - 123 m (Ref. 126057). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Mascarene Ridge.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126057)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-21; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: pored lateral-line scales 37-41; black blotch present on each membrane associated with first and second dorsal-fin spines; upper jaw is covered with scales; pelvic-fin spine and distal portion of 1st soft ray are whitish, while remaining portions of fin dusky to black; second black body band crossing pectoral-fin base, and is interrupted by many pale narrow lines; ocellated blotch on the dorsal-fin soft-rayed portion semicircular or oval, with long axis/short axis ratio 1.6-2.0 (Ref. 126057).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2022. Two new species of the butterflyfish genus Roa (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). J. Fish Biol. 100(3):758-774. (Ref. 126057)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).