Chromis ovalis

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lexID:: 10031
AphiaID:: 1042320

Scientific:: Chromis ovalis
German:: Riffbarsch
English:: Hawaiian Chromis

Category:: Demoiselles
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Chromis (Genus) > ovalis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Steindachner, ), 1900

Occurrence:: Midway Islands, Hawaii
Sea depth:: 6 - 161 Meter
Size:: bis zu 15cm
Temperature:: 22°C - 25°C
Food:: Copepods, Frozen food (small sorts), Amphipods, Fish eggs, algues, artémias, cyclopes, Daphnia salina, Invertébrés, krill, le zooplancton, mysis, nauplies d'artémias, nourriture en flocons, oeufs de homard
Tank:: ~ 1000 Liter
Difficulty:: moyen
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-10-22 20:40:11
Last edit:: 2016-10-22 20:40:11

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(Steindachner, 1900)

Chromis ovalis is common in aggregations along ledges exposed to current at scuba depths where the feed upon zooplankton.
They are gray with brassy or bluish iridescence and a protruding snout. Nuptial males display bright iridescent blue bars and fins.
Juveniles abundant in summer have bright yellow and blue dorsal stripes gradually fading with age.

Endemic to Hawaiiund the Midway Islands.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Chromis (Genus) > Chromis ovalis (Species)

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