Chromis abyssus video reveals life in Palua’s mesophotic zone | Reef Builders
A video of one among many world’s deepest recognized species of damselfish has been shared by one among many three people who described it. Chromis abyssus was present in 2007 and described in 2008 by ichthyological legends Richard L. Pyle, John L. Earle, and Brian D. Greene, of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Specimens had been collected at over 60m/197′ depths from a single locality in Palau when new strategies along with blended gas diving and rebreathers made discoveries inside the mesophotic (50-150m/164′-492′) zone attainable.
86 species of Chromis
On the time of publication, there have been some 86 species of Chromis and 34 of those inhabit depths over 50m/164′. Their zooplankton diets versus benthic algae make survival attainable for them down there, with 9 species being restricted to deep water, and 5 of those species solely being found over 60m/197′ depth earlier to the Chromis abyssus discovery.
The Deep Blue Chromis, Chromis abyssus, was described along with 4 completely different new species, Chromis brevirostris, circumaurea, degruyi and earina, and apart from two specimens of C.brevirostris, all had been found at depths over 85 meters/279 ft.
As Brian Greene states inside the video, the crew on the Museum weren’t solely deep-diving pioneers nevertheless pioneers in digital recording of science along with digital pictures, video, open-access scientific papers on the net, and the embedding of hyperlinks.
On account of digital info like theirs, we get to report on new fish as and after they’re described and likewise get a glimpse of them going about their day-to-day lives of their pure habitat.
