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 > Genus Chromis

Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chromis*	Cuvier, 1814	accepted genus name
*Heliases*	Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830	synonym

Species group names

*Sparus chromis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshku gështenjë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: castanyoleta; tuta sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Croatian: cnerj; indijanac; kaliger sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Dutch: monniksvis; zwaluwstaartvis

English: damselfish sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Mönchsfisch

Greek: Καλογριά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: כרומית ים-תיכונית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: castagnola; fabretto; guarracino niro; monacella nira sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Maltese: cawla; kastajnola sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Polish: chromis kasztanowy

Portuguese: castanheta sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Russian: Ласточка sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: èrnik sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Spanish, Castillian: castañuela sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: frökenfisk; munkfisk sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Turkish: catalkuyruk; papaz baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морська ластівка; Хроміс звичайний

Literature

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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Chromis chromis, Spain, by Patzner, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:127000