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Pomacentridae

142 species · Animals

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Pacific Half-and-half Chromis

Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale, 1906

Pycnochromis iomelas is a Pacific reef fish with split black-and-white coloration that grows up to 8 cm long.

Chocolate-dip Chromis

Chromis hanui Randall & Swerdloff, 1973

Pycnochromis hanui, the Chocolate-dip Chromis, is a small planktivorous reef fish endemic to Hawaii.

Blackfin Chromis

Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)

Vanderbilt's chromis (Pycnochromis vanderbilti, also called Chromis vanderbilti) is a damselfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, named for George Washington Vanderbilt III.

Blackbar Chromis

Chromis retrofasciata Weber, 1913

Black-bar chromis (Pycnochromis retrofasciatus / Chromis retrofasciata) is a 4 cm Western Pacific fish sometimes kept in aquariums.

Bicolor Chromis

Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler, 1946)

Pycnochromis margaritifer, the bicolor chromis, is a small fish reaching 9 cm, found in tropical central Indo-Pacific to central Pacific waters.

Red Sea Half-and-half Chromis

Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger, 1871)

Pycnochromis dimidiatus is a Red Sea endemic chromine damselfish described in 1871 that resembles other congeneric species.

Dark-fin Chromis

Chromis atripes Fowler & Bean, 1928

Pycnochromis atripes, the dark-fin chromis, is a diurnal Indo-Pacific damselfish that lives on coral outer reefs and is oviparous.

Hawaiian Sergeant Major

Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Abudefduf abdominalis, the green damselfish or Hawaiian sergeant major, is a non-migratory pomacentrid fish found in the central Pacific near Hawaii.

Scissortail Sergeant

Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)

Abudefduf sexfasciatus, the scissortail sergeant, is a Indo-Pacific fish that reaches 22 cm long and lives in shallow coral reefs as an adult.

Atlantic Sergeant Major

Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Abudefduf saxatilis, the sergeant major, is an Atlantic reef fish with distinctive dark vertical stripes and oviparous reproduction.

Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major

Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Abudefduf vaigiensis, the Indo-Pacific sergeant, is a reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific with distinctive coloration and fin structure.

Night Sergeant

Abudefduf taurus (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Abudefduf taurus, the night sergeant, is a large algal-eating Atlantic damselfish species described in 1848.

Dusky Sergeant

Abudefduf concolor (Gill, 1862)

Abudefduf concolor, the dusky sergeant, is an omnivorous damselfish endemic to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Mexican Nightsergeant

Abudefduf declivifrons (Gill, 1862)

Mexican nightsergeant (Abudefduf declivifrons) is a damselfish found only in Mexican eastern Pacific rocky reefs.

Panamic Sergeant Major

Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)

Abudefduf troschelii is an Eastern Pacific endemic damselfish popular for aquariums, with distinct physical traits and seasonal lunar-linked reproduction.