Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830), C. caerulea (Cuvier, 1830) (Pisces, Pomacentridae)

Randall J.E., Bauchot M.L., Desoutter M.

Published date: December 1985
Volume: 9
Number: 4
Pagination: 411-413
Publisher: Société Française d'Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/1985-94-010
Abstract

Examination of the two syntypes of Heliases caeruleus Cuvier, 1830 (MNHN 5644) revealed them to be a pomacentrid fish long identified as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1853). The valid name for the wide-ranging, blue-green Chromis, which has been known as C. caerulea, is C. viridis (Cuvier, 1830), based on colour painting by Ehrenberg of a fish from Massaua, Red Sea.
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