Chromisare part of a group of fish that we expect to encounter in the deeper tropical reefs of the world, alongside the deepwater basslets, anthias, and certain wrasses, It’s therefore not a complete surprise that deep diving surveys in Easer Island revealed a new species of damselfish, recently namedChromis Mamatapara,由Shepherd等人描述。在最近的一期科皮亚。
The newly mintedChromis Mamataparais part of a group of marine fishes documented living at mesophotic depths of Easter Island a.k.a. Rapa Nui, a territory of Chile, and included beautiful深水arnthiasandPlectranthias已经被正式描述了。相对丰度Chromis物种倾向于随着深度而增加,因此在90米处或仅少于300英尺的深处C. Mamatapara被收集。
关于复活节岛最新鱼类的类型标本的一个大惊喜是如何大的他们是;因此,这些新描述的深水鱼类中有许多往往几乎不裂一两英寸,但是收集的C. mamatapara从100到114毫米,或4到四英寸半之间!有了这么大的画布,我们很乐意看到这些淡金属蓝色至薰衣草的浅色鱼类在现实生活中的外观,尤其是有些色彩鲜艳的黄色眼睛和鳍。