Smokey chromis

Smokey chromis
Smokey chromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chromis
Species: C. fumea
Binomial name
Chromis fumea
(Tanaka, 1917)

The smokey chromis, Chromis fumea, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found in the tropical waters of the eastern Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean across to north New Zealand, at depths of between 3 and 25 metres, off rocky or coral reef areas. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Chromis fumea" in FishBase. February 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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  • Chromis — For the mythological character, see Chromis (mythology). As invalidly established by A.C.L.G. Günther in 1862, Chromis is a junior synonym of the freshwater cichlid genus Tilapia. Chromis Temporal range: 11–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

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