WoRMS taxon details
Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833)
127001 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127001)
accepted
Species
Chromis limbatus (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127001 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis limbata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (113 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (113 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis limbata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Heliazes marginatus Valenciennes, 1843)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (113 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (113 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Heliases limbatus Valenciennes, 1833)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
