Scientific Name
Chromis flavaxilla
Common Name
Arabian chromis
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-12;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 11. Body olive brown, the scale edges darker, shading to gray ventrally. Margin of spinous portion of dorsal and anal fins and lateral edge of pelvic fins blue. The axil of the pectoral fins bright orange-yellow. Caudal fin light greenish gray with a broad black band in each lobe and a narrow blue upper and lower margin.