WoRMS taxon details
Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867)
273730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273730)
accepted
Species
Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 20 (no. 115): 45-68. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273730 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 20 (no. 115): 45-68. [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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis hypsilepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis hypsilepis FIN032300 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromis hypsilepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Heliastes hypsilepis Günther, 1867)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromis hypsilepis FIN032300 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS