Chromis mamatapara Michel´s Chromis

Chromis mamatapara is commonly referred to as Michel´s Chromis. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 13029
AphiaID:: 1437128

Scientific:: Chromis mamatapara
German:: Tiefsee-Riffbarsch, Michels Riffbarsch
English:: Michel´s Chromis

Category:: Demoiselles

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Chromis (Genus) > mamatapara (Species)
Initial determination:: Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Easton, Pérez-Matus & Rocha, 2020

Occurrence:: Chile, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Endemic species, South America (East Pacific)
Sea depth:: 90 - 230 Meter
Size:: 5.51" - 5.51" (14,2cm - 14,9cm)
Temperature:: 62.6 °F - 27,7 °F (17°C - 27,7°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Copepods, Krill, Microalgae , Phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-05-20 12:51:55
Last edit:: 2020-05-25 10:23:21

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Source:
A New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile
Bart Shepherd, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Tyler A. Y. Phelps, Erin E. Easton, Alejandro Pérez-Matus, Luiz A. Rocha
14 May 2020
https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-2/CI-19-294/A-New-Species-of-Chromis-Teleostei--Pomacentridae-from-Mesophotic/10.1643/CI-19-294.full

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