| Citation | Shen, K.-N., C.-W. Chang, E. Delrieu-Trottin and P. Borsa, 2016, Lemonpeel (Centropyge flavissima) and yellow (C. heraldi) pygmy angelfishes each consist of two geographically isolated sibling species.. Mar. Biodiv. DOI 10.1007/s12526-016-0509-y |
| Ref. | 116591 Shen, K.-N., C.-W. Chang, E. Delrieu-Trottin and P. Borsa, 2016 |
| Page | [15] |
| Named Used as Valid | Centropyge cocosensis |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Cocos (Keeling) Islands, NMMB-P19875-2. |
| Distribution | Eastern Indian Ocean: Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. |
| Quote |
http://zoobank.org/4B6BB6D8-9B7D-4128-B7FD-F8AA1D04693E. Substantial genetic differences between Indian and Pacific C. flavissima populations at the nuclear ETS-2 intron locus. The Indian Ocean form of C. flavissima, thus geographically isolated by >2000 km distance from its Pacific Ocean counterpart, is described as a new species, Centropyge cocosensis. |