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Chromis gunting Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019

Scissors Chromis
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Common names: Scissors Chromis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Chromis gunting, Batangas, Layaglayag Point (Ref. 120230).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Arango, B.G., H.T. Pinheiro, C. Rocha, B.D. Grene, R.L. Pyle, J.M. Corpus, B. Shepherd and L.A. Rocha, 2019
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Chrominae
Etymology: Chromis: Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  gunting: Name from Tagalog term for scissors (= gunting); referring to the bilateral outermost black margins of the caudal fin that gives its appearance like scissors; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 90 - 130 m (Ref. 120230).   Tropical

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