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Blue-Green Chromis

Chromis viridis

Description:

A small damselfish easily recognised by the blue-green iridescent colour of its scales. Can reach lengths of 8cm. Often seen shoaling over Acroporid corals.

Habitat:

Tropical coral reefs

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3 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Lovely. I have always liked the colour blue.

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Oh it was, they all move together at the same time, and if you get too close... they all duck inside the coral!

LucBertrand
LucBertrand 12 years ago

I imagine them in motion, It must have been extraordinary :)

LauraMaria
Spotted by
LauraMaria

Indonesia

Spotted on Apr 6, 2010
Submitted on Jul 15, 2011

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