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Kinds | - Chromis abrupta
- Chromis abyssicola, Deepsea Puller
- Chromis acares, Midget Chromis
- Chromis agilis, Reef Puller
- Chromis albomaculata, White-spotted Chromis
- Chromis alleni, Allens Chromis
- Chromis alpha, Yellowspeckled Puller
- Chromis alta, Oval Damselfish
- Chromis amboinensis, Ambon Puller
- Chromis analis, Yellow Puller
- Chromis atrilobata, Scissortail Damselfish
- Chromis atripectoralis, Blackaxil Puller
- Chromis atripes, Darkfin Puller
- Chromis axillaris, Grey Chromis
- Chromis bami
- Chromis cadenati, Cadenats Chromis
- Chromis caerulea, Green Chromis
- Chromis caudalis, Dusky Puller
- Chromis chromis, Damselfish
- Chromis chrysura, Stoutbody Puller
- Chromis cinerascens, Green Puller
- Chromis crusma, Valparaiso Chromis
- Chromis cyanea, Blue Chromis
- Chromis dasygenys, Blue-spotted Chromis
- Chromis delta, Deep-reef Puller
- Chromis dimidiata, Chocolatedip Chromis
- Chromis dispilus, Demoiselle
- Chromis elerae, Twinspot Puller
- Chromis enchrysura, Yellowtail Reeffish
| - Chromis enchrysurus, Yellowtail Reeffish
- Chromis fatuhivae
- Chromis flavapicis
- Chromis flavaxilla, Arabian Chromis
- Chromis flavicauda, Cobalt Chromis
- Chromis flavipectoralis, Malayan Chromis
- Chromis flavomaculata, Yellowspot Puller
- Chromis fumea, Smoky Puller
- Chromis hanui, Hawaiian Bicolor Chromis
- Chromis hypsilepis, Onespot Puller
- Chromis insolata, Sunshinefish
- Chromis intercrusma, Peruvian Chromis
- Chromis iomelas, Half-and-half Puller
- Chromis jubauna
- Chromis klunzingeri, Blackhead Puller
- Chromis lepidolepis, Scaly Puller
- Chromis leucura, Whitetail Chromis
- Chromis limbata, Azores Chromis
- Chromis limbaughi, Limbaughs Damselfish
- Chromis lineata, Lined Puller
- Chromis lubbocki, Lubbocks Chromis
- Chromis margaritifer, Whitetail Puller
- Chromis megalopsis, Bigeye Chromis
- Chromis meridiana
- Chromis mirationis, Japanese Puller
- Chromis multilineata, Brown Chromis
- Chromis nigroanalis, Kenyan Chromis
- Chromis nigrura, Blacktail Chromis
- Chromis nitida, Yellowback Puller
| - Chromis notata, Pearl-spot Chromis
- Chromis okamurai, Okinawa Chromis
- Chromis opercularis, Doublebar Chromis
- Chromis ovalis, Hawaiian Chromis
- Chromis ovatiformis, Ovate Chromis
- Chromis pamae
- Chromis pelloura, Duskytail Chromis
- Chromis pembae, Pemba Chromis
- Chromis planesi
- Chromis punctipinnis, Blacksmith
- Chromis randalli, Randalls Chromis
- Chromis retrofasciata, Blackbar Puller
- Chromis sanctaehelenae, St Helena Chromis
- Chromis scotochiloptera, Philippines Chromis
- Chromis scotti, Purple Reeffish
- Chromis struhsakeri, Struhsakers Chromis
- Chromis ternatensis, Swallowtail Puller
- Chromis trialpha, Trispot Chromis
- Chromis vanderbilti, Vanderbilt' s Puller
- Chromis verater, Threespot Chromis
- Chromis viridis, Blue-green Puller
- Chromis weberi, Weber' s Puller
- Chromis westaustralis, West Australian Puller
- Chromis woodsi, Woods Chromis
- Chromis xanthochira, Yellow-axil Puller
- Chromis xanthopterygia, Yellowfin Chromis
- Chromis xanthura, Pale-tail Puller
- Chromis xutha, Buff Chromis
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Main identification features
- body oval
- c: forked
- bone under eye: edge free
- ll: ends under soft d
CHROMIS
CHROMIS, DAMSELFISHES
Body compressed, deep to elongate; edge of bone under eye smooth, covered with scales; preopercle smooth or with occasional fine serrations; upper and lower base of tail fin with 2-3 exposed short fin rays; lateral line ends just before end of dorsal fin; dorsal fin with XII-XIV spines; scales relatively large, <30 in lateral series.
A circumglobal tropical and temperate genus with over 81 species. There are three species in the tropical eastern Pacific, all endemic to the region.
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