Chromis mamatapara, a New Species of Damselfish from the Depths of Easter Island

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Chromis are 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 named Chromis mamatapara, and described by […]
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