Chromis circumaurea is a species of fish found in the family Pomacentridae. It was first found at depths greater than 60 metres (200 ft) in a coral reef habitat in the Western Pacific, specifically the Caroline Islands. It differs from its cogenerates on a color and morphological basis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Chromis |
| Species: | C. circumaurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromis circumaurea Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
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References
edit- ^ Pyle, Richard L., John L. Earle, and Brian D. Greene. "Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific." Zootaxa 1671 (2008).
Further reading
edit- Quéro, Jean-Claude, Jérôme Spitz, and Jean-Jacques Vayne. "Chromis durvillei: une nouvelle espèce de Pomacentridae de l’île de la Réunion (France, océan Indien) et premier signalement pour l’île de Chromis axillaris."Cybium 33.4 (2009): 321–326.
External links
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chromis circumaurea". FishBase. December 2008 version.
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