Chromis fumea

The smokey chromis (Chromis fumea), also known as the smokey puller or the yellow demoiselle, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found in the tropical waters of the eastern Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean across to north New Zealand, at depths of between 3 and 25 metres, off rocky or coral reef areas. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.[2]

Chromis fumea

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chromis
Species:
C. fumea
Binomial name
Chromis fumea
(Tanaka, 1917)

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Yeeting, B. & Jenkins, A. (2017). "Chromis fumea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: T188556A1892463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T188556A1892463.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Chromis fumea" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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