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Chromis Cuvier, 1814
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170079

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Heliases Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
		Lepidochromis Fowler and Bean, 1928
		Agripopa Whitley, 1928
		Ayresia Cooper, 1863
		Demoisellea Whitley, 1928
		Dorychromis Fowler and Bean, 1928
		Hoplochromis Fowler, 1918
		Lepicephalochromis Fowler, 1943
		Pycnochromis Fowler, 1941
		Serrichromis Fowler, 1943
		Siphonochromis Fowler, 1946
		Thrissochromis Fowler, 1941
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Labroidei – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets
	Family	Pomacentridae – damselfishes, demoiselles, castañetas y jaquetas, sergents
	Genus	Chromis Cuvier, 1814
		Direct Children:
	Species	Chromis abrupta Randall, 2001
	Species	Chromis abyssicola Allen and Randall, 1985
	Species	Chromis acares Randall and Swerdloff, 1973
	Species	Chromis agilis Smith, 1960 – rusty chromis
	Species	Chromis albomaculata Kamohara, 1960
	Species	Chromis alleni Randall, Ida and Moyer, 1981
	Species	Chromis alpha Randall, 1988
	Species	Chromis alta Greenfield and Woods, 1980 – castañeta alta, silverstripe chromis
	Species	Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1873) – Ambon chromis
	Species	Chromis analis (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) – yellow chromis
	Species	Chromis atrilobata Gill, 1862 – castañeta cola de tijera, scissortail chromis, Castañeta
	Species	Chromis atripectoralis Welander and Schultz, 1951 – blackfin chromis
	Species	Chromis atripes Fowler and Bean, 1928 – darkfin chromis
	Species	Chromis axillaris (Bennett, 1831)
	Species	Chromis bami Randall and McCosker, 1992
	Species	Chromis cadenati Whitley, 1951
	Species	Chromis caerulea (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
	Species	Chromis caudalis Randall, 1988
	Species	Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) – damselfish
	Species	Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883) – stout chromis
	Species	Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) – puller
	Species	Chromis crusma (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833)
	Species	Chromis cyanea (Poey, 1860) – blue chromis, cromis azul, castañeta azul
	Species	Chromis dasygenys (Fowler, 1935) – bluespotted damsel
	Species	Chromis delta Randall, 1988
	Species	Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger, 1871) – bicolor reeffish, chocolatedip chromis, half-and-half chromis
	Species	Chromis dispilus Griffin, 1923
	Species	Chromis elerae Fowler and Bean, 1928 – twinspot chromis
	Species	Chromis enchrysura Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 – yellowtail reeffish, castañeta coliamarilla
	Species	Chromis fatuhivae Randall, 2001
	Species	Chromis flavapicis Randall, 2001
	Species	Chromis flavaxilla Randall, 1994
	Species	Chromis flavicauda (Günther, 1880)
	Species	Chromis flavipectoralis Randall, 1988
	Species	Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara, 1960
	Species	Chromis fumea (Tanaka, 1917)
	Species	Chromis hanui Randall and Swerdloff, 1973
	Species	Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867) – brown puller
	Species	Chromis insolata (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) – sunshinefish, cromis sol, castañeta sol
	Species	Chromis intercrusma Evermann and Radcliff, 1917
	Species	Chromis iomelas Jordan and Seale, 1906 – half-and-half chromis
	Species	Chromis jubauna Moura, 1995
	Species	Chromis klunzingeri Whitley, 1929
	Species	Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker, 1877
	Species	Chromis leucura Gilbert, 1905 – whitetail chromis
	Species	Chromis limbata (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
	Species	Chromis limbaughi Greenfield and Woods, 1980 – blue-and-yellow chromis, castañeta mexicana
	Species	Chromis lineata Fowler and Bean, 1928 – lined chromis
	Species	Chromis lubbocki Edwards, 1986
	Species	Chromis margaritifer Fowler, 1946 – bicolor chromis
	Species	Chromis meridiana Greenfield and Woods, 1980
	Species	Chromis mirationis Tanaka, 1917
	Species	Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853) – brown chromis, cromis prieto, castañeta parda
	Species	Chromis nigroanalis Randall, 1988
	Species	Chromis nigrura Smith, 1960
	Species	Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)
	Species	Chromis notata (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843)
	Species	Chromis okamurai Yamakawa and Randall, 1989
	Species	Chromis opercularis (Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867) – doublebar reeffish
	Species	Chromis ovalis (Steindachner, 1900)
	Species	Chromis ovatiformis Fowler, 1946
	Species	Chromis pamae Randall and McCosker, 1992
	Species	Chromis pelloura Randall and Allen, 1982
	Species	Chromis pembae Smith, 1960
	Species	Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper, 1863) – blacksmith, castañeta herrera
	Species	Chromis randalli Greenfield and Hensley, 1970
	Species	Chromis retrofasciata Weber, 1913
	Species	Chromis sanctaehelenae Edwards in Edwards and Glass, 1987
	Species	Chromis scotochiloptera Fowler, 1918
	Species	Chromis scotti Emery, 1968 – purple reeffish, cromis púrpura, castañeta púrpura
	Species	Chromis struhsakeri Randall and Swerdloff, 1973
	Species	Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856) – golden chromis, Ternate chromis
	Species	Chromis triacantha Bowdich, 1825
	Species	Chromis trialpha Allen and Randall, 1980
	Species	Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)
	Species	Chromis verater Jordan and Metz, 1912
	Species	Chromis viridis (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
	Species	Chromis weberi Fowler and Bean, 1928
	Species	Chromis westaustralis Allen, 1976
	Species	Chromis woodsi Bruner and Arnam, 1979
	Species	Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker, 1851) – striped-tail puller
	Species	Chromis xanthopterygia Randall and McCarthy, 1988
	Species	Chromis xanthura (Bleeker, 1854) – paletail chromis
	Species	Chromis xutha Randall, 1988

References


	Expert(s):
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	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Chromis

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Chromis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Chromis

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