Blue Green Chromis
Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)
Also called'atoti (tah) · Blauwgroen juffertje (nld) · Blågrøn jomfrufisk (dan) · Castagnola blu verde (ita) · Castanyoleta blau verdós (cat) · Castañuela verde azul (spa) · Chromis vert (fra) · Debasuzumedai (jpn) · Demoiselle Bleue (fra) · Demoiselle bleu-vert (fra) · Donzela-esverdeada (por) · Gombing (msa) · Grünes Schwalbenschwänzchen (deu) · garbik zielony (pol)
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas and Tuamotu islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and Tonga. Found in large aggregations above thickets of branching Acropora corals in sheltered areas of subtidal reef flats and lagoons, 1 – 20 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon on 16 June 2007; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, 3 – 25 m depth, St. KR 90, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212219.