Damselfishes

• Body symmetry

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
  • Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry

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  bilaterally symmetric

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
  • Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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• auditory system

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0016490
  • Definition: the sensory system for the sense of hearing

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  otoliths

  • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800
  • Definition: Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals

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• cellularity

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
  • Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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  multicellular

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
  • Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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• ecomorphological guild

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
  • Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles

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  nectonic

  • URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton
  • Definition: Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
  • Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton

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• first appearance

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
  • Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.

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  56 million years ago
• geographic distribution includes

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
  • Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.

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  Mozambique

  • URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973

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• habitat

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
  • Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x

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  marine reef

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000143

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• mineralized tissue contains

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_4000013
  • Definition: Component found in mineralized tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized)

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  hydroxylapatite

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
  • Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

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• number of fossil occurrences

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
  • Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.

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  10
• number of public records in bold

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
  • Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)

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  3097
• reproduction

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
  • Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms

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  sexual reproduction

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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• visual system

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
  • Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.

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  lens eyes

  • URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/lens_eyes
  • Definition: Relative to pinhole eyes, lens eyes have greatly improved resolution and image brightness. The lens converges incoming rays of light, thereby reducing the angle over which each photoreceptor receives light, and forming an image focused on the retina. Most lens eyes have "accommodation"; they can focus an image either by physically moving the lens toward or away from the retina or by using eye muscles to adjust the shape of the lens.
  • Attribution: https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Single-chambered-eyes#ref278819

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damselfishes includes 29 children:

• Abudefduf (Sergeant Fish)
• Acanthochromis
• Altrichthys
• Amblyglyphidodon (Damselfish)
• Amblypomacentrus
• Amphiprion (Anemonefishes)
• Azurina
• Chromis (Chromis Fishes)
• Dischistodus
• Hypsypops
• Lepidozygus
• Mecaenichthys
• Microspathodon
• Neopomacentrus
• Parma (Scalyfin Fishes)
• Plectroglyphidodon (Farmer Damsels)
• Pomachromis
• Pristotis
• Similiparma
• Stegastes (Gregory Fishes)
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