Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii
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Chromis pelloura was first described in 1982, 42 years ago, and unfortunately very little information is available about this damselfish.
The perch was not monitored by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which could possibly have something to do with the fact that $ is now extinct or dying out?
This could be supported by the fact that there seem to be very few photos of living perch on the internet, see:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Chromis+pelloura
It is known that adult groupers were found on steep outer reef slopes in the Gulf of Eilat.
The distinctive feature of Chromis pelloura is the dark part of the tail base.
Similar species: Chromis axillaris (Randall and Allen 1982)
We would like to thank Jan Dudas for the first photo with a live damselfish!
The perch was not monitored by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which could possibly have something to do with the fact that $ is now extinct or dying out?
This could be supported by the fact that there seem to be very few photos of living perch on the internet, see:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Chromis+pelloura
It is known that adult groupers were found on steep outer reef slopes in the Gulf of Eilat.
The distinctive feature of Chromis pelloura is the dark part of the tail base.
Similar species: Chromis axillaris (Randall and Allen 1982)
We would like to thank Jan Dudas for the first photo with a live damselfish!
