Pomacentridae
Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854
Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854
Dascyllus melanurus, the four striped damselfish, is an omnivorous reef fish found in the Indo-West Pacific.
Dascyllus marginatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Dascyllus marginatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Dascyllus marginatus, the marginate dascyllus, is a small Western Indian Ocean damselfish sometimes sold in the aquarium trade.
Dascyllus flavicaudus Randall & Allen, 1977
Dascyllus flavicaudus Randall & Allen, 1977
Dascyllus flavicaudus is a tropical non-migratory damselfish found in the Eastern Central Pacific that occasionally enters the aquarium trade.
Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775)
Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775)
Dascyllus abudafur, the Indian Ocean humbug, is a Pomacentridae ray-finned fish found across the western to central Indo-Pacific.
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dascyllus aruanus, the whitetail dascyllus, is a small Indo-Pacific coral reef damselfish with distinct black and white patterning and daily year-round reproduction.
Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853)
Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853)
Brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) is a Pomacentridae fish found in parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Chromis cyanea (Poey, 1860)
Chromis cyanea (Poey, 1860)
Blue chromis (Chromis cyanea) is a Caribbean shallow reef damselfish collected for the aquarium trade.
Chromis atrilobata Gill, 1862
Chromis atrilobata Gill, 1862
Scissortail damselfish (Chromis atrilobata) is an eastern Pacific reef-dwelling damselfish that feeds on zooplankton.
Chromis alpha Randall, 1988
Chromis alpha Randall, 1988
Chromis alpha, the yellow-speckled chromis, is a diurnal oviparous plankton-eating damselfish found in the Indo-Pacific.
Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper, 1863)
Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper, 1863)
Chromis punctipinnis, the blacksmith, is a small Pacific fish found in kelp forests, with distinct male egg-guarding spawning behavior.
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chromis chromis is a small reef-dwelling damselfish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, with distinct age-related color changes.
Chromis ovalis (Steindachner, 1900)
Chromis ovalis (Steindachner, 1900)
Chromis ovalis is a plankton-feeding fish endemic to Hawaii’s remote islands with distinct mating nesting behavior.
Chromis insolata (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis insolata (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis insolata, the sunshinefish, is a Western Atlantic Pomacentridae fish that enters the aquarium trade and grows to 16 cm long.
Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis viridis is a small Indo-Pacific reef fish that has blue-green coloration, with yellowing males during breeding.
Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951
Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951
Chromis atripectoralis is a thermotolerant blue-green damselfish that inhabits coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Chromis analis (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis analis (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis analis, the yellow chromis, is a small 17 cm marine fish from the Indo-Pacific in the Pomacentridae family.
Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)
Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)
The stout chromis (Chromis chrysura) is a diurnal oviparous damselfish with isolated populations across the Indo-Pacific.
Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833)
Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833)
Chromis limbata is a reef damselfish species found in the eastern Atlantic and occasionally southern Brazil, fished as a food fish in Madeira.
Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)
Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)
Chromis nitida, the yellowback puller, is a small reef fish native to the subtropical east coast of Australia.
Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867)
Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867)
Chromis hypsilepis is a damselfish found off southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand, growing 15 to 20 cm long.
Chromis dispilus Griffin, 1923
Chromis dispilus Griffin, 1923
Chromis dispilus, the New Zealand demoiselle, is a territorial damselfish found off New Zealand's North Island.
Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Chromis notata is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae found in the northwest Pacific, growing up to 17 cm long.
Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann, 2020)
Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann, 2020)
Pycnochromis pacifica, the Pacific chromis, is a distinct Pacific damselfish split from Pycnochromis agilis, identifiable by a large full pectoral fin base black spot.
Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1871)
Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1871)
The Ambon chromis (Pycnochromis amboinensis / Chromis amboinensis) is a Western Pacific damselfish sometimes sold for aquariums that grows up to 9 cm long.
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