An unspotted Mexichromis? from Kerama Is

July 22, 2000
From: Atsushi Ono

Dear Bill

I found another chromodorid species that is similar to Mexichromis mariei at Kerama Is. near Okinawa, Japan.

It is 10mm long, found at 5m depth on a coral reef in Nov. 1999 at Kerama Is. near Okinawa in Japan.

This is very rare species, I have only found a single individual.

Could you help me to identify this?

Sincerely,
Atsushi Ono

ononini@cosmos.ne.jp

Ono, A. , 2000 (Jul 22) An unspotted Mexichromis? from Kerama Is. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2469

Dear Atsushi,
Your animal certainly looks like the Mike Miller's photo of an animal from Indonesia, with only a slight trace of spots. Even the trace of a submarginal purple border to the foot fits Mexichromis.

There are a large number of white chromodorids with a yellow or orange border but your animal doesn't match any of them.

The only way to be sure would be to study its anatomy, but I would certainly agree that apart from the missing spots, it looks like Mexichromis mariei.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jul 22). Comment on An unspotted Mexichromis? from Kerama Is by Atsushi Ono . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2469

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