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Genera that contain: Chromis [ 30 ] records

Altrichthys Allen [G. R.] 1999:23 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1/2); ref. 24277] Masc. Chromis azurelineatus Fowler & Bean 1928. Type by original designation. •Valid as Altrichthys Allen 1999 -- (Allen 2001:3339 [ref. 26132], Bernardi et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35314], Tang et al. 2021:294 [ref. 38308], Parenti 2021:43 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Altrichthys Allen 1999. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae.

Australoheros Říčan [O.] & Kullander [S. O.] 2006:139 [Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research = Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung v. 44 (no. 2); ref. 28603] Masc. Chromis facetus Jenyns 1842. Type by original designation. •Valid as Australoheros Říčan & Kullander 2006 -- (Casciotta et al. 2006:77 [ref. 28756], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:540 [ref. 29996], Musilová et al. 2008:660 [ref. 29518], Říčan & Kullander 2008:2 [ref. 29548], Ottoni et al. 2008:75 [ref. 29616], Ottoni & Costa 2008:208 [ref. 29909], Říĉan et al. 2008:952 [ref. 31419], Ottoni 2010:19 [ref. 30818], Schindler et al. 2010:140 [ref. 31744], Ottoni et al. 2011:138 [ref. 31378], Říčan et al. 2011:1 [ref. 31455], Ottoni 2012:83 [ref. 31900], Říčan et al. 2016:28 [ref. 34357], Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Říčan & Říčanová 2017:1 [ref. 35635], Lucena et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39823]). Current status: Valid as Australoheros Říčan & Kullander 2006. Cichlidae: Cichlinae.

Ayresia Cooper [J. G.] 1863:73 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3 (sig. 5); ref. 905] Fem. Ayresia punctipinnis Cooper 1863. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Chromis Cuvier [G.] 1814:88 [Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris [Sér. 3] [v. 1] (for 29 Mar. 1814); ref. 4884] Fem. Sparus chromis Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. Type designated in subtitle (also by absolute tautonymy). Gender ruled feminine by ICZN and name placed on Official List (Opinion 1417). Not Chromis Plumier in Lacepède 1801. Spelled Chromys in some early literature. •Valid as Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Bailey et al. 1980 [ref. 6875], Greenfield & Woods 1980 [ref. 5581], Randall et al. 1981 [ref. 5449], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:917 [ref. 13676], Allen 1986:673 [ref. 5631], Randall 1988 [ref. 14250], Randall 1988:202 [ref. 14252], Gomon et al. 1994:668 [ref. 22532], Tang 2001:596 [ref. 25446], Allen 2001:3339 [ref. 26132], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1695 [ref. 27102], Parin 2003:S17 [ref. 28536], Allen et al. 2006:1446 [ref. 29090], Pyle et al. 2008:3 [ref. 29463], Allen & Gomon 2008:634 [ref. 30653], Allen & Erdmann 2008:203 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2009:122 [ref. 30466], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:52 [ref. 36649], Quéro et al. 2010:321 [ref. 30746], Nishiyama et al. 2012:61 [ref. 32088], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:193 [ref. 33092], Allen & Erdmann 2014:13 [ref. 33350], Myoung et al. 2014:21 [ref. 36302], Parin et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33547], Stewart et al. 2015:1411 [ref. 34288], Cooper & Santini 2016:18 [ref. 34704] in subfamily Chrominae, Motomura et al. 2017:173 [ref. 35490], Motomura et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35661], Fricke et al. 2018:263 [ref. 35805], Allen 2018:15 [ref. 35994], Golani & Fricke 2018:113 [ref. 36273], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018:27 [ref. 35995], Brown et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36444], Arango et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36621], Fricke et al. 2019:208 [ref. 36673], Tea et al. 2019:249 [ref. 36651], Shepherd et al. 2020:326 [ref. 37520], Allen & Erdmann 2020:102 [ref. 37716], McFarland et al. 2020:107 [ref. 38036], Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418], Tang et al. 2021:273 [ref. 38308], Allen & Allen 2021:78 [ref. 38731], Prokofiev & Astakhov 2023:365 [ref. 40186]). Current status: Valid as Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Chromis Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182 [Isis (Oken) v. 1 (pt 8) (no. 148); ref. 3303] Fem. Sparus chromis Linnaeus 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy. Based on "Les Chromes" of Cuvier 1816:266. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chromis Cuvier 1814 in fishes. •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Chromis Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:149 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Fem. Chromis epicurorum Gronow 1854. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chromis Cuvier 1814 in fishes and by Chromis Huebner 1819 in Lepidoptera; not replaced. •Synonym of Pomatomus Lacepède 1802 -- (Monod 1973:369 [ref. 7193]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pomatomus Lacepède 1802. Pomatomidae.

Demoisellea Whitley [G. P.] 1928:295 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 16 (no. 6); ref. 4663] Fem. Furcaria puncta Poey 1860. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Furcaria Poey 1860, preoccupied by Furcaria Lesson 1838 in Aves. •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Dorychromis (subgenus of Heliases) Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:31, 60 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Masc. Heliases analis Cuvier 1830. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Haplochromis (subgenus of Chromis) Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1888:76 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1888; ref. 2168] Masc. Chromis (Haplochromis) obliquidens Hilgendorf 1888. Type by monotypy. •Valid with expanded concept -- (van Oijen 1996:57 [ref. 22826]). •Valid as Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (Greenwood 1962 [ref. 5925], Greenwood 1973 [ref. 7566], Greenwood 1974 [ref. 7503], Greenwood 1979 [ref. 1898], Greenwood 1980 [ref. 1899], Snoeks 1988 [ref. 6867], van Oijen 1991:9 [ref. 20098], van Oijen et al. 1991:100 [ref. 20956], Moran et al. 1994:274 [ref. 22421], Snoeks 1994:21 [ref. 21588], Poll & Gosse 1995:261, 283 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:280 [ref. 23725], Farias et al. 1998:502 [ref. 23856], Takahashi 2003:378 [ref. 27540], Seegers 2008:150 [ref. 29830], Schraml & Tichy 2010:81 [ref. 30895], de Zeeuw et al. 2010:202 [ref. 31028], Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven 2010:280 [ref. 31038] as'"Haplochromis', Schedel et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33459], Vranken et al. 2019:105 [ref. 36120], Vranken et al. 2020:[1] [ref. 36730], Vranken et al. 2020:1202 [ref. 37051], Vranken et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39202], Vranken et al. 2023:[1] [ref. 40198]). Current status: Valid as Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:493 et seq. [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Masc. Heliases insolatus Cuvier 1830. Type by subsequent designation. Based on "Les Héliases" Cuvier 1829:160; latinized first as above, with six included species. Type apparently designated first by Valenciennes 1845:503 in Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. v. 6 according to Fowler, MS. Variously misspelled or emended to Haliastes, Heliasus, and Heliazes in early literature (see Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193]). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Parin 2003:S17 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Heliastes Lowe [R. T.] 1838:177 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Masc. Heliases insolatus Cuvier 1830. Type by being an unjustified emendation. Unjustified emendation of Heliases Cuvier 1815. •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Parin et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Hemihaplochromis Wickler [W.] 1963:90 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 44 (no. 2); ref. 4738] Masc. Haplochromis multicolor Hilgendorf 1903 (= Chromis multicolor Schoeller 1903). Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Hemihaplochromis Wickler 1963 -- (Greenwood 1973:225 [ref. 7566]). •Synonym of Pseudocrenilabrus Fowler 1934 -- (Greenwood 1984:213 [ref. 5311], Greenwood 1989:2 [ref. 14120], Skelton 1991:394 [ref. 20950]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudocrenilabrus Fowler 1934. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Heterotilapia (subgenus of Tilapia) Regan [C. T.] 1920:38 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Fem. Chromis buttikoferi Hubrecht 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Presumed preoccupied by Heterotilapia Regan 1904 in Zoological Record 1904, but this name is a misspelling of Herotilapia Pellegrin 1904. Not to be replaced by Reganotilapia Whitley 1950. •Valid as Heterotilapia Regan 1920 -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:78 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Valid as Heterotilapia Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Hoplochromis (subgenus of Chromis) Fowler [H. W.] 1918:66 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70; ref. 1396] Masc. Heliases caeruleus Cuvier 1830. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814, but a valid subgenus -- (Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418], Tang et al. 2021:273 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Lepicephalochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1943:78 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 14 (pt 2); ref. 1441] Masc. Chromis cupreus Fowler & Bean 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Lepidochromis (subgenus of Chromis) Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:31, 58 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Masc. Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker 1877. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Azurina Jordan & McGregor 1898. Current status: Synonym of Azurina Jordan & McGregor 1898. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Lethrinops Regan [C. T.] 1922:719 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921 (pt 4) (no. 36); ref. 3673] Masc. Chromis lethrinus Günther 1894. Type by original designation. •Valid as Lethrinops Regan 1922 -- (Eccles & Lewis 1977 [ref. 7049], Eccles & Lewis 1978 [ref. 7012], Eccles & Lewis 1979 [ref. 6939], Eccles & Trewavas 1989:120 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:233 [ref. 20944], Ngatunga & Snoeks 2003:127 [ref. 26763], Ngatunga & Snoeks 2004:253 [ref. 28115], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:284 [ref. 28117], Turner 2022:1 [ref. 39649], Turner et al. 2023:515 [ref. 40302]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinops Regan 1922. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Mylochromis Regan [C. T.] 1920:45 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Masc. Chromis lateristriga Günther 1864. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Cyrtocara Boulenger 1902 -- (Maréchal 1991:73 [ref. 20944]). •Valid as Mylochromis Regan 1920 -- (Turner & Howarth 2001:205 [ref. 25642], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:287 [ref. 28117]). Current status: Valid as Mylochromis Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Nandopsis (subgenus of Cichlasoma) Gill [T. N.] 1862:238 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Chromis tetracanthus of Poey (= Centrarchus tetracanthus Valenciennes 1831). Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Cichlasoma Swainson 1839 -- (authors). •Valid as Nandopsis Gill 1862 -- (Burgess 2000:48 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:639 [ref. 27061], Chakrabarty 2007:23 [ref. 29359], Říĉan et al. 2008:952 [ref. 31419], Říčan et al. 2016:30 [ref. 34357]). Current status: Valid as Nandopsis Gill 1862. Cichlidae: Cichlinae.

Neotilapia Regan [C. T.] 1920:38 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Fem. Chromis tanganicae Günther 1894. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889, but a valid subgenus Neotilapia as described -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas 1983:28 [ref. 20940], Poll & Gosse 1995:221 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Nyasalapia Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxxv [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Chromis squamipinnis Günther 1864. Type by original designation. •Valid as Nyasalapia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969 -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:285 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889, but a valid subgenus Nyasalapia -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas 1983:28 [ref. 20940], Poll & Gosse 1995:221, 289 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Protomelas Eccles [D. H.] & Trewavas [E.] 1989:40 [Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera.; ref. 13547] Masc. Chromis kirkii Günther 1894. Type by original designation. •Valid as Protomelas Eccles & Trewavas 1989 -- (Maréchal 1991:387 [ref. 20944], Stauffer 1993 [ref. 21106], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:297 [ref. 28117], Oliver 2012:45 [ref., 32111], Dierickx & Snoeks 2020:1 [ref. 37605]). Current status: Valid as Protomelas Eccles & Trewavas 1989. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Pseudotropheus Regan [C. T.] 1922:681 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921 (pt 4) (no. 36); ref. 3673] Masc. Chromis williamsi Günther 1894. Type by original designation. •Valid as Pseudotropheus Regan 1922 -- (Ribbink et al. 1983:157 [ref. 13555], Trewavas 1984 [ref. 5303], Meyer & Foerster 1984 [ref. 6645], Stauffer 1988 [ref. 6678], Maréchal 1991:401 [ref. 20944], Poll & Gosse 1995:291 [ref. 24781], Stauffer et al. 1997:189 [ref. 23216], Stauffer & Kellogg 2001:150 [ref. 25895], Ufermann 2001:58 [ref. 30286], Konings-Dudin et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30309], Oliver & Arnegard 2010:227 [ref. 31027], Konings 2016:26 [ref. 34521], Stauffer et al. 2016:169 [ref. 34671], Konings et al. 2024:181 [ref. 40750]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotropheus Regan 1922. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Pycnochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1941:258 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Masc. Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler 1941. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (see Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]). •Valid as Pycnochromis Fowler 1941 -- (Tang et al. 2021:278 [ref. 38308], Prokofiev & Astakhov 2023:369 [ref. 40186]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis Fowler 1941. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Reganotilapia Whitley [G. P.] 1950:44 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1948-49; ref. 4713] Fem. Chromis buttikoferi Hubrecht 1881. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement name for Heterotilapia Regan 1904 (a misspelling of Herotilapia Pellegrin 1904 in Zoological Record 1904). •Synonym of Heterotilapia Regan 1920. Current status: Synonym of Heterotilapia Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Shuja Genner [M. J.], Ngatunga [B. P.] & Turner [G. F.] in Genner, Hsu, Collins, Smith, Saxon, Shechonge et al. 2022:40 [European Journal of Taxonomy v. 819; ref. 39254] Masc. Chromis horei Günther 1894. Type by original designation (and monotypic). •Valid as Shuja Genner, Ngatunga & Turner 2022. Current status: Valid as Shuja Genner, Ngatunga & Turner 2022. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Simochromis Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:496 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898 (pt 3); ref. 20658] Masc. Chromis diagramma Günther 1894. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Appeared first as above, then in more detail in Boulenger 1898:19 [ref. 547]. •Valid as Simochromis Boulenger 1898 -- (Axelrod & Harrison 1978 [ref. 7009], Poll 1986:77 [ref. 6136], Maréchal & Poll 1991:454 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:231 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Konings 2015:229 [ref. 34660], Van Steenberge et al. 2015:1 [ref. 35550]). Current status: Valid as Simochromis Boulenger 1898. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Siphonochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1946:143 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Masc. Siphonochromis lepidostethicus Fowler 1946. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621], Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814, subgenus Thrissochromis. Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Thrissochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1941:262 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Masc. Chromis velox Jenkins 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814, but a valid subgenus -- (Tang et al. 2021:273 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis Cuvier 1814. Pomacentridae: Chrominae.

Xystichromis Greenwood [P. H.] 1980:46 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 39 (no. 1); ref. 1899] Masc. Chromis nuchisquamulatus Hilgendorf 1888. Type by original designation. •Valid as Xystichromis Greenwood 1980 -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:284 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:101 [ref. 20956], van Oijen 1996:101 [ref. 22826]). •Status uncertain -- (Seegers 2008:166 [ref. 29830]). Current status: Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.


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