Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Ovalentaria incertae sedis > Family Pomacentridae

Chromis Cuvier, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heliases*	Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830	synonym

Children

Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スズメダイ属

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1814). Observations et recherches critiques sur différentes poissons de la Méditerranée et, à leur occasion, sur des Poissons des autres mers plus ou moins liés avec eux. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1814: 80-92.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin. No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chromis Cuvier, 1814. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126045