Chromis scotti, the purple reef fish, is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It occurs from southern Florida through the Caribbean Sea to northern Brazil.[2] The specific name honours William Beverly Scott (1917–2014) who was the Curator of Ichthyology and Herpetology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.[3]
Chromis scotti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Pomacentridae |
Genus: | Chromis |
Species: | C. scotti
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Binomial name | |
Chromis scotti Emery, 1968
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References
edit- ^ Rocha, L.A. & Myers, R. (2015). "Chromis scotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188469A1879814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T188469A1879814.en. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chromis scotti". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
External links
edit- Photos of Chromis scotti on Sealife Collection