Deep Blue Chromis

Deep blue chromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Genus:	Chromis
Species:	C. abyssus Pyle, 2008
Binomial name
Chromis abyssus

Deep Blue Chromis (Chromis abyssus) is a species of Chromis first discovered in 1997 and described in 2008.^[1] The 8 centimetres (3.1 in) fish only lives more than 110 metres (361 ft) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean around the coast of the Ngemelis Islands, Palau. Adults have been observed living singly or in pairs whereas juveniles tend to live in groups.^[1]

Chromis abyssus was the first species entered into the ZooBank registry with a timestamp of 2008-01-01T00:00:02, and it was selected as one of "The Top 10 New Species" described in 2008 by The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists.^[2][3][4]

Etymology

Named abyssus, a Latinized form of the Greek noun abyssos (meaning “abyss”), to honor the documentary film Pacific Abyss, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which funded the expedition on which the type specimens were collected. The vernacular name “Deep Blue Chromis”, a reference to both the life color of this species and the relatively (within the context of the genus) deep-dwelling habits, is suggested instead of the more literally translated “Abyss Chromis”, so as not to imply that the species inhabits depths commonly defined as “abyssal”.^[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.
2. ^ "Pea-Sized Seahorse Makes 'Top 10 Species' List". LiveScience. 22 May 2009. http://www.livescience.com/animals/090522-new-species.html. 
3. ^ Richard L. Pyle. "Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008". Encyclopedia of Life. http://www.eol.org/pages/209984?category_id=249. 
4. ^ "Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008". ZooBank. http://www.zoobank.org/?lsid=urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8BDC0735-FEA4-4298-83FA-D04F67C3FBEC. 

External links

• Deep Blue Chromis at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Deep Blue Chromis at the Catalogue of Life
• AQUATAB.NET

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