Chromis gunting, Scissors Chromis

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Chromis gunting Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019

Scissors Chromis
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Chrominae
Etymology: Chromis: Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  gunting: Name from Tagalog term for scissors (= gunting); referring to the bilateral outermost black margins of the caudal fin that gives its appearance like scissors; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 90 - 130 m (Ref. 120230). Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Philippines.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 120230)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: D XIII,11; A II,11-12; pectoral-fin rays 16-17; procurrent caudal-fin rays 3; tubed lateral-line scales 14-16; gill rakers 4-5 + 14-16 (= 19-20); body depth 2.1-2.2 in SL. Colour of adults when fresh light brown, a silver area on the anterior end, a bilateral black margin along the exterior side of the tail (Ref. 120230).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Allen, Gerald R. | Collaborators

Arango, B.G., H.T. Pinheiro, C. Rocha, B.D. Grene, R.L. Pyle, J.M. Corpus, B. Shepherd and L.A. Rocha, 2019. Three new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines. ZooKeys 835:1-15. (Ref. 120230)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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