Chromis insolata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Pomacentridae |
Genus: | Chromis |
Species: | C. insolata |
Binomial name | |
Chromis insolata (Cuvier, 1830) |
Chromis insolata is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It is commonly known as the sunshinefish, and found in the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 16 cm in length.
Molina, Wagner; Galetti, Pedro (December 2002). "Robertsonian rearrangements in the reef fish Chromis (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) involving chromosomes bearing 5s rRNA genes". Genetics and Molecular Biology. 25 (4): 373–377. doi:10.1590/S1415-47572002000400004.