Family

Pomacentridae

142 species · Animals

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Blacktail Humbug

Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854

Dascyllus melanurus, the four striped damselfish, is an omnivorous reef fish found in the Indo-West Pacific.

Red Sea Dascyllus

Dascyllus marginatus (Rüppell, 1829)

Dascyllus marginatus, the marginate dascyllus, is a small Western Indian Ocean damselfish sometimes sold in the aquarium trade.

yellowtail dascyllus

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.

Indian Ocean Humbug

Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775)

Dascyllus abudafur, the Indian Ocean humbug, is a Pomacentridae ray-finned fish found across the western to central Indo-Pacific.

Humbug Dascyllus

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.

Brown Chromis

Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853)

Brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) is a Pomacentridae fish found in parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Blue Chromis

Chromis cyanea (Poey, 1860)

Blue chromis (Chromis cyanea) is a Caribbean shallow reef damselfish collected for the aquarium trade.

Scissortail Chromis

Chromis atrilobata Gill, 1862

Scissortail damselfish (Chromis atrilobata) is an eastern Pacific reef-dwelling damselfish that feeds on zooplankton.

Yellow-speckled Chromis

Chromis alpha Randall, 1988

Chromis alpha, the yellow-speckled chromis, is a diurnal oviparous plankton-eating damselfish found in the Indo-Pacific.

Blacksmith Chromis

Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper, 1863)

Chromis punctipinnis, the blacksmith, is a small Pacific fish found in kelp forests, with distinct male egg-guarding spawning behavior.

Mediterranean Damselfish

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.

Oval Chromis

Chromis ovalis (Steindachner, 1900)

Chromis ovalis is a plankton-feeding fish endemic to Hawaii’s remote islands with distinct mating nesting behavior.

Sunshinefish

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.

Blue-green Chromis

Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)

Chromis viridis is a small Indo-Pacific reef fish that has blue-green coloration, with yellowing males during breeding.

Black-axil Chromis

Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951

Chromis atripectoralis is a thermotolerant blue-green damselfish that inhabits coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Yellow Chromis

Chromis analis (Cuvier, 1830)

Chromis analis, the yellow chromis, is a small 17 cm marine fish from the Indo-Pacific in the Pomacentridae family.

Stoutbody Puller

Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)

The stout chromis (Chromis chrysura) is a diurnal oviparous damselfish with isolated populations across the Indo-Pacific.

Atlantic Damselfish

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.

Barrier Reef Chromis

Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)

Chromis nitida, the yellowback puller, is a small reef fish native to the subtropical east coast of Australia.

Onespot Puller

Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867)

Chromis hypsilepis is a damselfish found off southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand, growing 15 to 20 cm long.

New Zealand Demoiselle

Chromis dispilus Griffin, 1923

Chromis dispilus, the New Zealand demoiselle, is a territorial damselfish found off New Zealand's North Island.

Pearl-Spot Chromis

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.

Pacific Bronze Chromis

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.

Ambon Puller

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.