New Zealand black angelfish

New Zealand black angelfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Genus:	Parma
Species:	P. alboscapularis
Binomial name
	Parma alboscapularis; Allen & Hoese, 1975

The New Zealand black angelfish or the black scalyfin, Parma alboscapularis, of the family Pomacentridae, is found around northeastern New Zealand.

Description

Juvenile Parma alboscapularis are yellow with blue spots, while adults are dark blue or black. Its maximum Standard Length is 23 cm.

Taxonomy

This species was originally described in 1975 by Gerald R. Allen and Douglass F. Hoese. Before that, it was identified as Parma microlepsis.

Distribution

This species is found in the south west Pacific Ocean, including near Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands, and in New Zealand coastal waters. It is found to depths of 0 to 24 metres.

References

Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D., eds. (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-0-9941041-6-8.
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↑ Allen, Gerald; Hoese, Douglass Fielding (1975). "A review of the Pomacentrid fish genus Parma, with descriptions of two new species". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 3 (4): 261–293. ISSN 0312-3162. Wikidata Q141752098.
↑ "Parma alboscapularis Allen & Hoese, 1975". FishBase. Retrieved 2026-10-17.

"Parma alboscapularis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parma alboscapularis". FishBase. January 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[Te_Papa_Press1-1] Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D., eds. (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-0-9941041-6-8.
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[Allen1975-3] Allen, Gerald; Hoese, Douglass Fielding (1975). "A review of the Pomacentrid fish genus Parma, with descriptions of two new species". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 3 (4): 261–293. ISSN 0312-3162. Wikidata Q141752098.

[4] "Parma alboscapularis Allen & Hoese, 1975". FishBase. Retrieved 2026-10-17.

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