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Chromis caerulea Green chromis

Chromis caeruleais commonly referred to as Green chromis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5158 
AphiaID:
212806 
Scientific:
Chromis caerulea 
German:
Grünes Schwalbenschwänzchen 
English:
Green Chromis 
Category:
Damselfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Chromis (Genus) > caerulea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Cuvier, ), 1830 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, East Africa, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Mozambique, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands 
Size:
1.97" - 2.68" (5cm - 6.8cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Flakes, Invertebrates, Krill, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Oyster eggs, Zooplankton 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-03-10 13:15:53 

Info

(Cuvier, 1830)

Special thanks for the pictures to J.E. Randall, Hawaiii and Johnny Jensen, Danmark.

The fish occurs in lagoons, passages, and outer reef slopes.

They feed on different invertebrates, early fish stages, mysids and copepods.

Males gard the eggs.

Synonyms:
Chromis caeruleus (Cuvier, 1830) (synonym)
Chromis frenatus C & V
Chromis lepidurus C & V
Heliases caeruleus Cuvier, 1830

External links

  1. Aquaristik.de (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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