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Chromis dispilus (Demoiselle)

Wikipedia Abstract

The New Zealand demoiselle, Chromis dispilus, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts. Its length is between 15 and 20 cm. Males are highly territorial as they defend their nesting area from other males and other species. These aggressive fish defend their eggs laid by their female counterpart. Spawning occurs between the months of December and March. The New Zealand demoislelle's territory and nesting grounds of this fish are usually the largest in a medium population density. Like most territorial fish they tend to spawn more in higher densities of the same species compared to lower densities. Aggression levels tend to be higher amount higher densities of the same specie
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Prey / Diet

Acartia clausi[1]
Centropages aucklandicus[1]
Temora turbinata[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caesioperca lepidoptera (Red perch)3
Cetorhinus maximus (Sun-fish)1
Decapterus koheru (Scad)1
Hyporhamphus ihi (Garfish)2
Pseudocaranx dentex (underjaw kingfish)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1B. C. Russell (1983): The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north‐eastern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 17:2, 121-145
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0