Dark-fin chromis (Chromis atripes)

Scientific name: Chromis atripes Fowler & Bean, 1928

Dark-fin chromis (Chromis atripes)

The Dark-fin chromis (Chromis atripes) is a marine fish of the family Pomacentridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12. Body orangish brown with faint light bluish to lavender iridescence on lower head and thorax; darkly-edged orbit; iris yellowish with a blackish blotch dorsally and ventrally. Eyes large. Preopercular margin smooth. Blackish spot on dorsal and anal fins confined at rear base; upper and lower edges of caudal peduncle and fin blackish; wedge-shaped black spot on pectoral base. With prominent pores of lateralis system on head.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Chromis atripes
Family
Pomacentridae (Damselfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.0
Depth range
2–40 m (7–131 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 2 - 40 m, usually 10 - 25 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Christmas Island and the northwest shelf reefs of Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean to Kiribati, north to southern Japan. Recently reported from Tonga.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Aquarium: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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