Rising Tide announces success with captive-bred Green Chromis

By on Jan 28, 2013

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Green Chromis as a species complex (Chromis viridis, C. caerulea, and C. atripectoralis) represent the NUMBER ONE species collected for the marine aquarium hobby*, yet unlike another popular bread & better species (such as the Ocellaris Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris), the Green Chromis evaded any captive breeding success for years. Only in very resent times was experimental rearing of any Chromis successful (Chromis nitida by Todd Gardner, and Chromis viridis by Gopakumar et al.)

The larval development of Chromis viridis, as documented by Wittenrich & Cassiano, courtesy of Rising Tide.

The larval development of Chromis viridis, as documented by Wittenrich & Cassiano, courtesy of Rising Tide.

Proving once again how collaboration can drive innovation, the team at Rising Tide announced late Sunday their success rearing Chromis viridis in closed culture utilizing cultivated copepod prey items, Oithona colcarva specifically.  The fact that first success found only a couple dozen juveniles should emphasize the need that much more work is yet to be done before we could ever expect to see captive-bred Green Chromis on the mass market, but the success should be an encouraging size for aquarists to pursue the many diverse species of Chromis with interest and enthusiasm – there are many species firsts yet to be claimed in this fantastic genus.

Check out the Rising Tide Blog for more on how the team reared the Green Chromis, spawned at Sea World Orlando!

*Rhyne AL, Tlusty MF, Schofield PJ, Kaufman L, Morris JA Jr, et al. (2012) Revealing the Appetite of the Marine Aquarium Fish Trade: The Volume and Biodiversity of Fish Imported into the United States. PLoS ONE 7(5): e35808. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035808)

 

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  • OldTownJoe

    “Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830). Specimens

    listed as Chromis caeruleus (Cuvier) in

    Fowler and Ball 1925 and as C. caerulea,

    BPBM 4454 (T), BPBM 15319 (G&R).

    Chromis caerulea has been suppressed.

    Chromis ternatensis, which formerly had

    been synonymized with C. caerulea (Allen

    1991), was validated as a distinct species

    and the next available name for what had

    been called C. caerulea was C. viridis (Randall

    et al. 1987).”

  • OldTownJoe

    Species boundaries and evolutionary lineages in the blue green damselfishes Chromis viridis and Chromis atripectoralis (Pomacentridae)

    “The blue green damselfishes were described as a complex of two species (Chromis viridis and Chromis atripectoralis), mainly based on the colouration of the pectoral fin base. In this study, the authors analysed the mitochondrial control region of 88 blue green damselfishes from Indonesia, the Philippines, Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef. The phylogenetic analysis revealed four major monophyletic clades. Two clades included specimens of C. atripectoralis from the Great Barrier Reef and individuals of C. viridis from the Red Sea, respectively. The remaining individuals of C. viridis from Indonesia and the Philippines were grouped into two clades without phylogeographic structure. The obtained results (1) verified that C. viridis and C. atripectoralis are distinct species and (2) revealed three deep evolutionary lineages of C. viridis in the Indo-Malay Archipelago and the Red Sea.”