WoRMS taxon details
Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)
AphiaID: 212811
AphiaID: 212811
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pomacentrinae (Subfamily) > Chromis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Chromis Cuvier, 1814 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dascyllus cyanurus Rüppell, 1838 Glyphisodon bandanensis Bleeker, 1851 Heliases frenatus Cuvier, 1830 Heliases lepisurus Cuvier, 1830 Pomacentrus viridis Cuvier, 1830 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] source of synonymy (from synonym): Smith, J.L.B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin No. 19: 317-349 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (140 nucleotides; 41 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found in large aggregations above thickets of branching corals (@Acropora@)in sheltered areas such as subtidal reef flats and lagoons. Phytoplankton feeders. Males prepare nest for spawning which is shared with several females. Large number of eggs spawned hatching in 2-3 days. Males guard the nest ventilating fertilized egg with their caudal fins and feeding on those which do not hatch. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212811 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212811 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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