Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1671, 2008, Pages 3-31

  Pyle, Richard L ^a   Earle, John L ^a   Greene, Brian D ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromis abyssus; Chromis brevirostris; Chromis circumaurea; Chromis degruyi; Chromis earina; Cybertaxonomy; Mesophotic; Mixed gas diving; New species; Rebreather; Taxonomy; ZooBank

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS; EARINA; LABROIDEI; PERCIFORMES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 38349016701     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1671.1.2     Document Type: Article

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