The smokey chromis (Chromis fumea), also known as the smokey puller or the yellow demoiselle, 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.[2]
Chromis fumea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Pomacentridae |
Genus: | Chromis |
Species: | C. fumea
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Binomial name | |
Chromis fumea (Tanaka, 1917)
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References
edit- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Yeeting, B. & Jenkins, A. (2017). "Chromis fumea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: T188556A1892463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T188556A1892463.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chromis fumea". 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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