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.[2] The specific name honours William Beverly Scott (1917–2014) who was the Curator of Ichthyology and Herpetology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Chromis |
| Species: | C. scotti
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromis scotti Emery, 1968
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References edit
- ^ 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.) (2018). "Chromis scotti" in 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 edit
- Photos of Chromis scotti on Sealife Collection
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