Chromis chromis

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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