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