Chromis chromis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Chrominae
Genus: Chromis
Species: Chromis chromis

Name

Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original combination: Sparus chromis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Chromis castanea Cuvier, 1814
Chromis mediteranea Cloquet, 1817
Heliastes castanea (Cuvier, 1814)
Heliastes chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 280. Reference page.

Additional references

Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
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. Reference page.

Links

Chromis chromis in the World Register of Marine Species
Chromis chromis in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

català: Tuta
Deutsch: Mönchsfisch
Ελληνικά: Καλογριά
English: Damselfish
español: Castañuela
français: Castagnole
עברית: כרומית ים-תיכונית
hrvatski: Kaliger
italiano: Monacella nira
Malti: Kastajnola
Napulitano: Guarracino
Nederlands: Zwaluwstaartvis
polski: Chromis kasztanowy
português: Castanheta
русский: Ласточка
sicilianu: Munacedda
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Crnej
slovenščina: Ernik
shqip: Peshku gështenjë
svenska: Munkfisk
Türkçe: Papaz balığı
українська: Хроміс звичайний

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