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Chromis

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Chromis
Temporal range: 11–0 Ma
Late Miocene to present[1]
Chromis chromis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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Chromis alpha
Chromis dispilus
Chromis enchrysura
Chromis multilineata
Chromis nitida
Chromis notata
Chromis punctipinnis
Chromis scotti
Chromis viridis

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

References

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  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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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.