WoRMS taxon details
Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)
212824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212824)
accepted
Species
Chromis chrysurus (Bliss, 1883) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chromis isharae (Schmidt, 1931) · unaccepted
Dascyllus isharae Schmidt, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Heliastes chysurus Bliss, 1883 · unaccepted
Lepicephalochromis westalli Whitley, 1964 · unaccepted
Siphonochromis lepidostethicus Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63. [details]
Description Inhabits outer coral or rocky reefs; usually forms large aggregations in shallow waters e.g. in lagoons; feeding well above...
Description Inhabits outer coral or rocky reefs; usually forms large aggregations in shallow waters e.g. in lagoons; feeding well above the bottom on zooplankton. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212824 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63. [details]
original description (of Lepicephalochromis westalli Whitley, 1964) Whitley, G. P. (1964). Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 26 (5): 145-195, Pls. 8-10. [details]
original description (of Siphonochromis lepidostethicus Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Lepicephalochromis westalli Whitley, 1964) Whitley, G. P. (1964). Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 26 (5): 145-195, Pls. 8-10. [details]
original description (of Siphonochromis lepidostethicus Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits outer coral or rocky reefs; usually forms large aggregations in shallow waters e.g. in lagoons; feeding well above the bottom on zooplankton. [details]Spelling Spelt C. chrysurus by Smith <406>. [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chromis chrysurus (Bliss, 1883))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis chrysura)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepicephalochromis westalli Whitley, 1964)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphonochromis lepidostethicus Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis chrysurus (Bliss, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis isharae (Schmidt, 1931))
To FishBase (from synonym Dascyllus isharae Schmidt, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chromis chrysura, New Caledonia, by Dubosc, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis chrysura FIN032267 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis chrysura FIN032268 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chromis chrysurus (Bliss, 1883))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis chrysura)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepicephalochromis westalli Whitley, 1964)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphonochromis lepidostethicus Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis chrysurus (Bliss, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis isharae (Schmidt, 1931))
To FishBase (from synonym Dascyllus isharae Schmidt, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chromis chrysura, New Caledonia, by Dubosc, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Heliastes chrysurus Bliss, 1883)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis chrysura FIN032267 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis chrysura FIN032268 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
