Ternate Damselfish, Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis (Bleeker 1853)

Other Names: Ternate Damsel, Ternate Sergeant

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Bray, D.J. 2023, Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5725

Ternate Damselfish, Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis (Bleeker 1853)

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Distribution	NW of Vernon Island and the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the east-Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits coral-rich areas of sheltered coastal reefs, closely associated with branching Acropora corals.
Etymology	The species is named for the type locality, Ternate Island.
Species Citation	Glyphisodon ternatensis Bleeker 1853, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 137. Type locality: Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2023
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Ternate Damselfish, Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis (Bleeker 1853)

References

Allen, G.R. 1975. Damselfishes of the South Seas. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 237 pp. 251 figs.

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Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

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Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 2002. A review of the leucogaster species complex of the Indo-Pacific pomacentrid genus Amblyglyphidodon, with descriptions of two new species. aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 5(4): 139-152.

Bleeker, P. 1853. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 131-140. See ref at BHL

Jenkins, A., Carpenter, K.E., Allen, G. & Yeeting, B. 2017. Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T188546A1890998. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T188546A1890998.en. Accessed on 21 September 2023.

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Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68 (Yirrkalla specimens misidentified as Amblyglyphidodon aureus)