Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Pomacentridae > Subfamily Pomacentrinae > Genus Chromis

Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chromis*	Cuvier, 1814	accepted genus name

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: Fishbase

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

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

Italian: castagnola ; fabretto; guarracino niro; monacella nira sources: Fishbase

Maltese: cawla; kastajnola sources: Fishbase

Polish: chromis kasztanowy

Portuguese: castanheta sources: Fishbase

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

Slovenian: èrnik sources: Fishbase

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

Swedish: frökenfisk; munkfisk sources: Fishbase

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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Taxon found in 48 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
FishBase
GenBank (222 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Chromis chromis. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127000