Chromis

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Chromis
Temporal range: 11–0  Ma
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Late Miocene to present [1]
Chromis chromis 2.jpg
Chromis chromis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Chrominae
Genus: Chromis
G. Cuvier, 1814
Type species
Sparus chromis
Species

Around 100, see text.

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

Chromis alpha Chromis alpha.jpg
Chromis alpha
Chromis dispilus Chromis dispilus (New Zealand demoiselle).jpg
Chromis dispilus
Chromis enchrysura Chromis enchrysura.jpg
Chromis enchrysura
Chromis multilineata Chromis multilineata - pone.0010676.g107.png
Chromis multilineata
Chromis nitida Chromis nitida.jpg
Chromis nitida
Chromis notata SuzumeDai.jpg
Chromis notata
Chromis punctipinnis Chromis punctipinnis.jpg
Chromis punctipinnis
Chromis scotti Chromis scotti.jpg
Chromis scotti
Chromis viridis Green.chromis.arp.jpg
Chromis viridis

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: [2] [3]

References

  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009.
  2. 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.
  3. Youtube <<Advance Marine Aquarium>> Creatures section, Damselfish – Author:Sublanding Fish[2020-06-19]
  4. 1 2 3 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 .
  5. 1 2 3 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
  6. Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2020) Chromis pacifica, a new Pacific Ocean damselfish distinct from Indian Ocean Chromis agilis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 35, 102-117.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3988552
  7. 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.