Yellow-crowned butterflyfish [SEP] parent taxon
Yellow-crowned butterflyfish
The yellow-crowned butterflyfish ("Chaetodon flavocoronatus") is a species of butterflyfish endemic to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Sources.
- Roberts, C. 1996. Chaetodon flavocoronatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.  Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
opal-crowned manakin represent structural colours produced by different nanostructural organizations of the feather barb keratin matrix. The yellow crown of the golden-crowned manakin is intermediate between the two parent species which is thought to have disrupted the structural mechanisms of the parents leading to the much duller look of its crown. Following hybridization, sexual selection is proposed to have favored sequestration of yellow producing carotenoid pigments into the crown as a way to render males more attractive to females.
References.
- Olmos, F., & Pacheco, J.