Shortsnout Chromis

Shortsnout Chromis
Shortsnout Chromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chromis
Species: C. brevirostris
Pyle, 2008
Binomial name
Chromis brevirostris

The Shortsnout Chromis (Chromis brevirostris) is a species of Chromis first described in 2008 in Pacific Ocean around Palau. They have also been sighted in the Marshall Islands close to Fiji, in the Caroline Islands from Puluwat to Palau, and south of Vanuatu. It is generally abundant in its environment, living at depths between 90 and 120m, tending to live in groups ranging in size from 6 to several dozen.[1]

Description

The fish is around 6cm long, 1.5cm deep and are pale lavender-tinged gray in colour.[1]

Etymology

The name of this species was derived from the Latin words brevis (meaning “short”) and rostrum (meaning “beak” or “snout”). This is in reference to the very short snout of this species relative to other species in the genus Chromis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pyle, R.L., J.L. Earle & B.D. Greene. 2008. Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific. Zootaxa 1671: 3-31.
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