Species: Chromis scotti, Purple reeffish, Purple chromis, Purple Reeffish Chromis
Chromis scotti Emery, 1968
Purple chromis, Purple reeffish
Body compressed, oval; 1 pair of nostrils; edge of bone under eye smooth, no notch, hidden by scales; preopercle smooth or with occasional fine serrations; mouth small, protrusible, opens at front; teeth in 2 rows, outer conical, larger; a single continuous dorsal fin XIII, 11-12; anal fin II, 11-12; pectoral 17-19; 2-3 short projecting spines at upper and lower base of tail fin; caudal fin deeply forked, with rounded tips; scales large and rough; body scaled, most of head scaled, basal parts of the median fins scaled; lateral line incomplete, ends under end of dorsal fin base; lateral line scales 15-18.
Adult variable: Uniform dark grey-brown to upper ½ of head and body grey-brown, white below; blue spotting on head and varying amounts on body upper front of body to entire body and tail base; fins dark to pale grey, median fins may have yellow cast. Juvenile: body and fins purplish blue to dark blue.
Reaches 10 cm.
Steep outer reef slopes and deep patch reefs.
Depth range: 2-172 m.
N Carolina to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- Also in Brazil
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 172
