Vanderbilt's chromis

 About "Vanderbilt's chromis"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Family:- Pomacentridae

📍Genus:- Chromis

📍Species:- C. vanderbilti

📍Binomial name:-

Chromis vanderbilti

👉Chromis vanderbilti, Vanderbilt's chromis, is a species of damselfish native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

👉The specific name honours the yachtsman and explorer George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914-1961), the organiser of an expedition to Oahu in 1940 during which the type was collected.

👉In naming this species Fowler acknowledged Vanderbilt for his role in developing the collection of fishes at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

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#aquarium #aquariumhobby #ornamentalfish #ornamental 

📷:-http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/uw-misc/damsel/Chromis-vanderbilti.htm

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