WoRMS taxon details
Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928
212817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212817)
accepted
Species
Chromis simulanis Smith, 1960 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chromis simulans Smith, 1960 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus weberi (Fowler & Bean, 1928) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1928). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 100, v. 7: i-viii + 1-525, Pls. 1-49. [details]
Description Occurs soltarily or in small to large aggregations in passes and steep outer reef slopes.
Description Occurs soltarily or in small to large aggregations in passes and steep outer reef slopes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212817 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1928). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 100, v. 7: i-viii + 1-525, Pls. 1-49. [details]
original description (of Chromis simulans Smith, 1960) Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Chromis simulans Smith, 1960) Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs soltarily or in small to large aggregations in passes and steep outer reef slopes. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis simulans Smith, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis weberi)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis simulans Smith, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis simulanis Smith, 1960)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chromis weberi, Jordan, by Khalaf, M.A.)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis weberi FIN032351 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis simulans Smith, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis weberi)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis simulans Smith, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis simulanis Smith, 1960)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chromis weberi, Jordan, by Khalaf, M.A.)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis weberi FIN032351 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
