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Brown Chromis
Sep 13, 2017. Oil Slick Leap dive site in Bonaire.
Seen in schools all over the dive sites in Bonaire.
Description:
Body laterally flattened, oval in profile, with a slender, deeply forked tail. Body varies from brownish gray to olive-brown in color. Border of dorsal fin and tips of the tail fin yellow. A prominent black spot at the pectoral-fin base, and a white spot just behind the dorsal fin. Individuals in the southern Caribbean, often have black borders on the tail fin.
Size up to 20 cm.
Habitat:
Occurs above steep slopes and patch reefs, between 2 and 40 m. A diurnal species, forming moderate-sized feeding-schools (C. multilineata). Feed on zooplankton, mainly copepods.
Distribution:
Common Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.
http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=caribbean_diving_guide&id=227
"Chromis multilineata" is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It is commonly known as the brown chromis.
