我喜欢dam sellish。我喜欢chromiseven more. But if there’s oneChromisthat I love, it’sChromis Leucura.Chromis Leucura是一种小型物种,通常在沿着深礁墙和壁架上的小组中发现,范围为20-120m(65-400英尺)。该物种以白色尾巴的名字命名,通常用极长且柔软的丝状延伸效果倾斜。
C. leucurais variable with a ground coloration of inky-grey to deep navy. The anterior dorsal spines are yellow tinged, and the pelvic fins are entirely chartreuse yellow. A large black spot is present on its pectoral fin base, and this spot is ringed in the same shade of yellow as its other fins. Both dorsal and anal fin termens are near vertical and extremely straight, which gives this species a rather unique appearance.
Its caudal fin is white and both lobes are tipped on the outermost point with two to three variably long and wispy filaments. This characteristic is shared with a few species, all of them attaining sizes no larger than 2.5 inches. The photographic collage above features two otherChromisspecies that are apparently closely related and sympatric in Japan. These areChromis delta和C.alleni.
C. leucura在两个海洋中都有一个斑驳的分布。在太平洋,可以在夏威夷,侯爵夫人和日本定期找到它。在印度洋,毛里求斯和雷尼翁群岛已经报道了这种物种。由于对深水的热爱,该物种很可能具有更大,更广泛的地理分布。例如,澳大利亚。
澳大利亚东海岸的凯恩斯海洋从珊瑚海收集的这个单个标本为该物种提供了新的范围。日本和澳大利亚之间的分布分布可能是异常的,应该寻找它在印尼和菲律宾连接的地区的存在。
The filamentous tail extensions and straight fin termens ofC. leucurais recalled in an undescribed species from the French Polynesia. Unlike the more widely distributedC. leucura, this species is strictly deepwater and is not uncommon at depths exceeding 300ft. It is not known if the two are phylogenetically related, but it’s not everyday you encounter a little damsel with pretty fins and a less than bellicose disposition.