Pycnochromis vanderbilti

Pycnochromis vanderbilti, commonly known as Vanderbilt's chromis, is a species of damselfish native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[1] The specific name honours the yachtsman and explorer George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914-1961), the organiser of an expedition to Oahu in 1940 during which the type was collected. In naming this species Fowler acknowledged Vanderbilt for his role in developing the collection of fishes at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[2]

Pycnochromis vanderbilti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Pycnochromis
Species:
P. vanderbilti
Binomial name
Pycnochromis vanderbilti
Fowler, 1941
Synonyms
  • Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Pycnochromis vanderbilti" in FishBase. June 2022 version.
  2. 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. Retrieved 30 September 2018.


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