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Chiarachromis

Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chiarachromis is an extinct genus of pomacentrid ray-finned fish that lived in Italy during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

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Chiarachromis
Temporal range: Ypresian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: †Chiarachromis
Species:
†C. salazzarii
Binomial name
†Chiarachromis salazzarii
Bellwood et al., 2025
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Distribution

The type species Chiarachromis salazzarii is known only from the Early Eocene Monte Bolca lagerstätte of Northern Italy.[1]

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