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Bicolor chromis
Chromis margaritifer Fowler, 1946
Also called'atoti (tah) · Chromis bicolore (fra) · シコクスズメダイ (jpn)
Pycnochromis margaritifer, known commonly as the bicolor chromis, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae.
The species was reclassified as Pycnochromis margaritifer in 2021,
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Line and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Found on coastal and seaward coral reefs, 2 – 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 a photograph taken on 1 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; also photographed by Serge Andréfouët off the southern tip of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, St. KVG 15, on 17 Aug. 2014; 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
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The bicolor chromis is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region until the oceanic islands of the central Pacific Ocean.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Chromis margaritifer in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212240.