Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Chrominae
Genus: Chromis
Species: C. abrupta – C. abyssicola – C. abyssus – C. acares – C. agilis – C. albicauda – C. albomaculata – C. alleni – C. alpha – C. alta – C. amboinensis – C. analis – C. atrilobata – C. atripectoralis – C. atripes – C. axillaris – C. bami – C. bowesi – C. brevirostris – C. cadenati – C. caerulea – C. caudalis – C. chromis – C. chrysura – C. cinerascens – C. circumaurea – C. crusma – C. cyanea – C. dasygenys – C. degruyi – C. delta – C. dimidiata – C. dispila – C. durvillei – C. earina – C. elerae – C. enchrysura – C. fatuhivae – C. fieldi – C. flavapicis – C. flavaxilla – C. flavicauda – C. flavipectoralis – C. flavomaculata – C. fumea – C. gunting – C. hangganan – C. hanui – C. howsoni – C. hypsilepis – C. insolata – C. intercrusma – C. iomelas – C. jubauna – C. kennensis – C. klunzingeri – C. lepidolepis – C. leucura – C. limbata – C. limbaughi – C. lineata – C. lubbocki – C. margaritifer – C. megalopsis – C. meridiana – C. mirationis – C. monochroma – C. multilineata – C. nigroanalis – C. nigrura – C. nitida – C. notata – C. okamurai – C. onumai – C. opercularis – C. ovalis – C. ovatiformis – C. pamae – C. pelloura – C. pembae – C. planesi – C. punctipinnis – C. pura – C. randalli – C. retrofasciata – C. sanctaehelenae – C. scotochiloptera – C. scotti – C. struhsakeri – C. ternatensis – C. tingting – C. trialpha – C. unipa – C. vanbebberae – C. vanderbilti – C. verater – C. viridis – C. weberi – C. westaustralis – C. woodsi – C. xanthochira – C. xanthopterygia – C. xanthura – C. xouthos – C. xutha – C. yamakawai
Name
Chromis G. Cuvier, 1814
Type species: Sparus chromis Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
Gender feminine.
Synonymy
Chromis Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817
References
Allen, G.R. & M.V. Erdmann, 2009: Two new species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae: Chromis) from Indonesia. International Journal of Ichthyology 15 (3): 121–134.
Arango, B.G., Pinheiro, H.T., Rocha, C., Greene, B.D., Pyle, R.L., Copus, J.M., Shepherd, B. & Rocha, L.A. 2019. Three new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines. Zookeys, 835: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.835.27528 Reference page.
Cuvier, G., 1814: Observations et recherches critiques sur différens poissons de la Méditerranée et, à leur occasion, sur des Poissons des autres mers plus ou moins liés avec eux; par M. G. Cuvier. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 1814: 80–92.
Eschmeyer, W.N., B. Weitbrecht & W.F. Smith-Vaniz 1990: Catalog of the Recent genera of fishes. Opinions and other actions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: 671–697.
McFarland, E.P., Baldwin, C.C., Robertson, D.R., Rocha, L.A. & Tornabene, L. 2020. A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae). ZooKeys, 1008: 107–138. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1008.58805 Open access Reference page.
Tea, Y-K., Gill, A.C. & Senou, H. 2019. Chromis tingting, a new species of damselfish from mesophotic coral ecosystems of southern Japan, with notes on C. mirationis Tanaka (Teleostei: Pomacentridae). Zootaxa 4586(2): 249–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.2 Paywall Reference page.
Links
Chromis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Chromis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
English: Chromis Fishes
Chromis is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. While the term damselfish describes a group of marine fish including more than one genus, Chromis is the largest genus of damselfishes. Certain species within the genus are common in the aquarium trade.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
Chromis abyssicola G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1985 (Deepsea chromis)
Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008 (Deep blue chromis)
Chromis agilis J. L. B. Smith, 1960 (Agile chromis)
Chromis albicauda G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2009 (White-caudal chromis)
Chromis albomaculata Kamohara, 1960 (White-spotted chromis)
Chromis alpha J. E. Randall, 1988 (Yellow-speckled chromis)
Chromis alta D. W. Greenfield & Woods, 1980 (Oval damselfish)
Chromis anadema Motomura, Nishiyama & Chiba, 2017 (Indigo chromis)
Chromis analis G. Cuvier, 1830 (Yellow chromis)
Chromis athena G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008
Chromis atripectoralis Welander & L. P. Schultz, 1951 (Black-axil chromis)
Chromis axillaris E. T. Bennett, 1831 (Grey chromis)
Chromis bermudae Nichols, 1920 (Flashing chromis)
Chromis bowesi Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019 (Rhomboid Chromis)
Chromis cadenati Whitley, 1951 (Cadenat's chromis)
Chromis caerulea Cuvier, 1830 (Blue puller)
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Damselfish)
Chromis chrysura Bliss, 1883 (Stout chromis)
Chromis cinerascens G. Cuvier, 1830 (Green puller)
Chromis circumaurea Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008 (Gold-rim chromis)
Chromis crusma Valenciennes, 1833 (Valparaiso chromis)
Chromis cyanea Poey, 1860 (Blue chromis)
Chromis dasygenys Fowler, 1935 (Blue-spotted chromis)
Chromis degruyi Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008 (DeGruy's chromis)
Chromis dimidiata Klunzinger, 1871 (Chocolatedip chromis)
Chromis dispilus Griffin, 1923 (Demoiselle)
Chromis durvillei Quero, Spitz & Vayne, 2010 (Bourbon chromis)
Chromis earina Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008 (Spring chromis)
Chromis enchrysura D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Yellowtail reeffish)
Chromis flavapicis J. E. Randall, 2001
Chromis flavaxilla J. E. Randall, 1994 (Arabian chromis)
Chromis flavicauda Günther, 1880 (Cobalt chromis)
Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara, 1960 (Yellow-spotted chromis)
Chromis fumea S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (Smokey chromis)
Chromis gunting Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019 (Dragfish)
Chromis hangganan Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019 (Dark Margin Chromis)
Chromis hypsilepis Günther, 1867 (Brown puller)
Chromis insolata G. Cuvier, 1830 (Sunshinefish)
Chromis jubauna R. L. Moura, 1995
Chromis kennensis Whitley, 1964 [4]
Chromis klunzingeri Whitley, 1929 (Black-headed chromis)
Chromis limbata Valenciennes, 1830 (Azores chromis)
Chromis limbaughi D. W. Greenfield & L. P. Woods, 1980 (Limbaugh's damselfish)
Chromis lubbocki A. J. Edwards, 1986 (Lubbock's chromis)
Chromis mamatapara Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Easton, Pérez-Matus & Rocha, 2020
Chromis mirationis S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (Japanese chromis)
Chromis monochroma G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2004 (Monochrome chromis)
Chromis nigroanalis J. E. Randall, 1988 (Kenyan chromis)
Chromis nitida Whitley, 1928 (Barrier reef chromis)
Chromis norfolkensis G. R. Allen & M. G. Allen, 2021[5]
Chromis notata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Pearl-spot chromis) [4]
Chromis okamurai Yamakawa & J. E. Randall, 1989 (Okinawa chromis)
Chromis onumai Senou & Kudo, 2007
Chromis opercularis Günther, 1867 (Doublebar chromis)
Chromis ovalis Steindachner, 1900 (Hawaiian chromis)
Chromis pamae J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992
Chromis pelloura J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1982 (Duskytail chromis)
Chromis pembae J. L. B. Smith, 1960 (Pemba chromis)
Chromis planesi Lecchini & J. T. Williams, 2004
Chromis punctipinnis Cooper, 1863 (Blacksmith)
Chromis pura G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2004 (Pura chromis)
Chromis randalli D. W. Greenfield & Hensley, 1970 (Randall's chromis)
Chromis retrofasciata M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Black-bar chromis)
Chromis sahulensis G. R. Allen & M. G. Allen, 2021
Chromis sanctaehelenae A. J. Edwards, 1987 (St. Helena chromis)
Chromis scotochiloptera Fowler, 1918 (Philippines chromis)
Chromis scotti Emery, 1968 (Purple reeffish)
Chromis norfolkensis G. R. Allen & M. G. Allen, 2021[5]
Chromis struhsakeri J. E. Randall & Swerdloff, 1973 (Struhsaker's chromis)
Chromis ternatensis Bleeker, 1856 (Ternate chromis)
Chromis tingting Tea, Gill & Senou, 2019[6]
Chromis torquata G. R. Allen, 2018 (Malayan chromis)
Chromis trialpha G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1980 (Trispot chromis)
Chromis unipa G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2009 (Unipa chromis)
Chromis vanbebberae E. P. McFarland, C. Baldwin, D. R. Robertson, L. A. Rocha, L. Tornabene, 2020 (Whitetail reeffish)
Chromis vanderbilti Fowler, 1941 (Vanderbilt's chromis)
Chromis verater D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1912 (Threespot chromis)
Chromis viridis G. Cuvier, 1830 (Blue green damselfish)
Chromis weberi Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (Weber's chromis)
Chromis westaustralis G. R. Allen, 1976 (West Australian chromis)
Chromis woodsi Bruner & Arnam, 1979 (Wood's chromis)
Chromis xanthochira Bleeker, 1851 (Yellow-axil chromis)
Chromis xanthopterygia J. E. Randall & McCarthy, 1988 (Yellowfin chromis)
Chromis xanthura Bleeker, 1854 (Paletail chromis)
Chromis xouthos G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2005 (Yellow-brown chromis)
Chromis xutha J. E. Randall, 1988 (Buff chromis)
Chromis yamakawai Iwatsubo & Motomura, 2013 [4]
References
Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009.
Shepherd, Bart; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Phelps, Tyler A. Y.; Easton, Erin E.; Pérez-Matus, Alejandro; Rocha, Luiz A. (1 May 2020). "A New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile". Copeia. 108 (2): 326–332. doi:10.1643/CI-19-294. ISSN 0045-8511.
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Iwatsubo, H.; Motomura, H. (2013). "Redescriptions of Chromis notata (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) and C. kennensis Whitley, 1964 with the Description of a New Species of Chromis (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)". Species Diversity. 18 (2): 193–213. doi:10.12782/sd.18.2.193.
Allen, Gerald R., & Allen, Mark G. (2021). Two new species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from northwestern Australia and the southwestern Pacific Ocean, previously part of C. fumea (Tanaka, 1917). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 38, 78–103. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5601971
Tea, Yi-Kai; Gill, Anthony C.; Senou, Hiroshi (17 April 2019). "Chromis tingting, a new species of damselfish from mesophotic coral ecosystems of southern Japan, with notes on C. mirationis Tanaka (Teleostei: Pomacentridae)". Zootaxa. 4586 (2): 249–260. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716128. S2CID 145933393.
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