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Genus Chromis
Damsels, Part 2
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By Bob Fenner
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| Chromis fieldi Chocolate Dip or Two-tone Chromis.
Similar to the now-endemic C. dimidiata which has a straight demarcation
twixt the light/dark demarcation, whereas C. fieldi's is curved. To 7 cm.
Mauritius 2016. |
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| Chromis flavaxilla Randall 1994. Western Indian Ocean;
Red Sea, Persian Gulf. To 7.2 cm. in length. Sinai, Red Sea, 2019. |
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| Chromis hanui Randall & Sverdluff 1973,
the Chocolate-Dip Chromis. Abrupt white on caudal, dorsal and anal
regions. Hawaiian island endemic, 6-165 feet. To 3.5 inches in
length. Kona pix. |
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| Chromis insolata (Cuvier 1830), the Olive
Chromis. An incidental Damsel shipped out of the tropical western
Atlantic from time to time. To about five inches maximum length. A
juvenile in Cozumel and adult one in the Bahamas. |
 
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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked to large
(desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images to go to
the larger size. |
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Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale 1906, the
Half and Half Chromis. West to Mid-Pacific. To 8 cm. Here in
Fiji.
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/
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| Chromis lepidolepis Brown or Scaly Chromis. Overall
bluish brown bodied; with distinctive white and black tips on the dorsal fin
spines. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to East Africa. Mauritius 2016. |
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| Chromis leucura Gilbert 1905, theWhitetailed Chromis.
To two inches. Forked caudal w/ longer trailing elements. Usually deeper
water, 100' plus. Indo-Central Pacific. This one off of Kona, HI 2019. |
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| Chromis limbaughi Greenfield & Woods
1980, Limbaugh's Chromis. Found only in the Sea of Cortez,
twixt Mexico's Baja and Pacific mainland. To four inches in
length. This one in the Birch Aquarium in San Diego. |
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| Chromis margaritifer Fowler 1926, the
Bicolor Chromis. Indo-Pacific. To three and a half inches in
length. This one odd of Pulau Redang, Malaysia. |
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| Chromis maritianis Tanaka 1917, the Japanese
Chromis. Western Pacific, around mid to southern Japan. To 11 cm.
in length. Photo of an adult by Hiroyuki Tanaka. |
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| Chromis multilineata (Guichenot 1853), the
Yellow-Edge Chromis. Tropical west Atlantic. To about four inches
maximum length. This is another unintentional catch Damsel offered
infrequently. One in St. Lucia, another off Bonaire where the
species is a common reef inhabitant. |
 
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| Chromis nigura Blacktail Chromis. To 6 cm. Indian
Ocean. Common; found just above reef feeding on zooplankton. Mauritius 2016.
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| Chromis nitida (Whitley 1928), the Barrier
Reef Chromis. Western Pacific; Australia. To two and a half inches.
Very abundant within its range. Heron Is., Australia. |
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| Chromis okamurai Yamakawa & Randall
1989, the Okinawan Chromis. East China Sea; Okinawa. To 9.4 cm.
Hiroyuki Tanaka pic. |
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| Chromis opercularis Double-bar Chromis, for the
distinctive twin bars on their heads. At 16 cm. one of the largest Chromis.
I.O. Here's a juvenile in Mauritius 2016. |
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| Chromis ovalis (Steindachner 1900), the Oval
Chromis. Hawaiian Island endemic. Lives in groups as adults.
Zoo-plankton feeder. Adult greenish with dark fin edges. Sub-adults
yellow-bodied with blue streak over eye. Juveniles (shown,
photographed off of Honaunau on the Big Island) brilliant blue with
yellow dorsal surface, and a more somber adult elsewhere off of
Kona. |
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| Chromis pembae Smith 1960, the Pemba
Chromis. Western Indian Ocean; Red Sea, East Africa to Tanzania. To
13 cm. overall. Red Sea image. Lives over steep drop
offs. |
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| Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper 1863), the
Blacksmith Chromis. A cool water member of the genus, found from
central California in the U.S. to central Baja California, Mexico
in the eastern Pacific. To ten inches in length. This eight inch
one in the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach. |
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