Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931)

Mulochau, Thierry, Durville, Patrick, Fricke, Ronald, Plantard, Patrick, Loisil, Camille, Broudic, Léo & Martigné, Jean-Claude, 2021, First records of nine fish species from Réunion Island observed during an inventory of the fauna of mesophotic zone, Cybium 45 (4), pp. 265-274 : 267

Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931)

This species was observed seven times in zone 1 and once in zone 2, at depths between 85 and 102 m ( Tab. I, Fig. 3 ). The specimens measured approximately 5 cm (TL); body coloration purple along the belly, orange on the back. Caudal fin yellowish, with a purple stripe on each lobe. This species was observed in schools of several hundred individuals above the relief or along the drop-off in the mesophotic zone.

Figures

Figure 3. – Luzonichthys waitei, was observed on 5 sites in zone 1 and 2 between 85 and 102 m. Photograph by P. Plantard.