Chromis yamakawai

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Chrominae
Genus: Chromis
Species: Chromis yamakawai

Name

Chromis yamakawai Iwatsubo & Motomura, 2013

• Holotype: NSMT-P 111948.
• Paratypes: 114 specimens.

Type locality: off west coast of Yoron-jima island, Kagoshima, Japan, 27°03'21"N, 128°24'39"E [1], 10 m depth.

Etymology: The species is named for Takeshi Yamakawa (Kochi, Japan), who first recognized this species as new and kindly made specimens available to the authors.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Yellow-spotted Chromis
日本語: Kihoshi-suzumedai

References

• Iwatsubo, H. & Motomura, H.; 2013: Redescriptions of Chromis notata (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) and C. kennensis Whitley, 1964 with the Description of a New Species of Chromis (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Species Diversity 18: 193–213. Abstract