| Chromis scotti | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Chromis |
| Species: | C. scotti |
| Binomial name | |
| Chromis scotti Emery, 1968 | |
Chromis scotti, the purple reef fish, is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It occurs from southern Florida through the Caribbean Sea to northern Brazil. The specific name honours William Beverly Scott (1917–2014) who was the Curator of Ichthyology and Herpetology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
References
- Rocha, L.A. & Myers, R. (2015). "Chromis scotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188469A1879814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T188469A1879814.en. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chromis scotti". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
External links
- Photos of Chromis scotti on Sealife Collection
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