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Review of the Chrysiptera oxycephala complex of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) with descriptions of three new species from the East Indian Archipelago
The nominal species Chrysiptera oxycephala has been considered a widespread species in the East Indian
Archipelago, but genetic analyses and a closer examination of populations throughout the region now show it to
be another example of a species complex of closely related parapatric cryptic species and genovariant populations.
Three DNA lineages correlate with different color patterns and are described here as new species, including
Chrysiptera ellenae (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia), Chrysiptera maurineae (Cenderawasih Bay, West
Papua, Indonesia), and Chrysiptera papuensis (northeastern Papua New Guinea).
Archipelago, but genetic analyses and a closer examination of populations throughout the region now show it to
be another example of a species complex of closely related parapatric cryptic species and genovariant populations.
Three DNA lineages correlate with different color patterns and are described here as new species, including
Chrysiptera ellenae (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia), Chrysiptera maurineae (Cenderawasih Bay, West
Papua, Indonesia), and Chrysiptera papuensis (northeastern Papua New Guinea).
