Species that contain: Chromis and chromis [ 251 ] records

abrupta, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 2001:93, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 2001 (no. 1); ref. 25124] Hana Hevane Bay, Tahuata, Marquesas Islands. Holotype: BPBM 10388. Paratypes: AMS I.39934-001 (1); BPBM 10351 (7), 11709 (2), 12596 (4), 38529 (3); CAS 210416 (1); MNHN 2000-6 (2); NSMT-P57704 (1); USNM 359630 (1). •Valid as Chromis abrupta Randall 2001 -- (Randall 2005:352 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Parenti 2021:48 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis abruptus (Randall 2001) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis abruptus (Randall 2001). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: South Pacific: Marquesas Islands (France) endemic. Habitat: marine.

abyssicola, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1985:242, Fig. 1 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 12 (pt 2); ref. 8189] Norfolk Ridge, about 520 kilometers northwest of northern tip of North Island, New Zealand, 32°28'12"S, 167°28'06"E, depth 115-122 meters. Holotype: QM I.21398. Paratypes: AMS E.2905 (6), I.23685-007 (1), I.24987-001 (2); BMNH 1985.4.30.1 (1); BPBM 30352 (2); QM I.13415 (6), I.13418 (5); USNM 270463 (2); WAM P.28421-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:28 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis abyssicola Allen & Randall 1985 -- (Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Stewart et al. 2015:1411 [ref. 34288], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis abyssicola Allen & Randall 1985. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Norfolk Ridge, North Island (New Zealand), Kermadec Ridge. Habitat: marine.

abyssus, Chromis Pyle [R. L.], Earle [J. L.] & Greene [B. D.] 2008:6, Figs. 1a-1c [Zootaxa No. 1671; ref. 29463] Off Ngemelis Island, below and slightly north of Blue Hole caverns, 7°8'16.49"N, 134°13'18.5"E, Palau Islands, depth 110 meters. Holotype: BPBM 40861. Paratypes: BMNH 2007.10.31.1 (1), BPBM 40855 (3), CAS 225755 (1), MNHN 2007-1922 (1), USNM 391136 (2), WAM P.32898-001 (1). Not treated by Moore et al. 2008 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2009:132 [ref. 30466], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1202 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, south to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

acares, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & Swerdloff [S. N.] 1973:331, Figs. 2-3 [Pacific Science v. 27 (no. 4); ref. 7583] Off tanker buoys at harbor entrance, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BPBM 13823. Paratypes: AMS I.16766-001 (1), I.16772-001 (1); BMNH 1972.12.5.4 (1); BPBM 8752 (3), 11049 (14), 11612 (2), 11298 (1), 12172 (1), 12296 (1), 13686 (1), 13817-18 (10, 3), 13820 (1), 13970 (1), 14059 (2), 14659 (1); CAS 15912 (1); MNHN 1972-96 (1); USNM 208430 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:6 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis acares Randall & Swerdloff 1973 -- (Randall et al. 1990:255 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1993:231 [ref. 21003], Senou et al. 1997:3 [ref. 24368], Randall et al. 1997:255 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:923 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:923 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:352 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:425 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:304 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:575 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Zajonz et al. 2019:85 [ref. 36871] as cf. acares, Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis acares (Randall & Swerdloff 1973) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis acares (Randall & Swerdloff 1973). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern and southern-central Pacific: New Caledonia, Rotuma, Tonga and Samoa east to Oeno (Pitcairn Group), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), Wake Atoll and Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), south to Austral Islands and to Pitcairn Islands. Habitat: marine.

acora, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:17, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Lakes of the Rio Araguaia, Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:44 [ref. 20862]. Originally as Chromys?? acora. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Valid as Mesonauta acora (Castelnau 1855) -- (Kullander & Silfvergrip 1991:424 [ref. 16014], Schindler 1998:10 [ref. 23480], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:638 [ref. 27061], Schindler & Ottoni 2016:84 [ref. 34465]). Current status: Valid as Mesonauta acora (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Rio Araguaia drainage, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

acuticeps, Chromis Steindachner [F.] 1866:764, Pl. 15 (fig. 3) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Angola. Lectotype: NMW 32877. Paralectotypes: NMW 32875-76, 78 (3). Lectotype selected by Greenwood 1992:39 [ref. 21075]. •Valid as Haplochromis acuticeps (Steindachner 1866) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:102 [ref. 20956]). •Valid as Pharyngochromis acuticeps (Steindachner 1866) -- (Greenwood 1992:39 [ref. 21075], Skelton 1993:301 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:301 [ref. 27406], Marshall 2011:214 [ref. 31755], Bruton et al. 2018:91 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Pharyngochromis acuticeps (Steindachner 1866). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Central and southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

affinis, Tilapia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:255 [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Senegal. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4418 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:222 [ref. 20868]. For authorship problems see account of Chromis guineensis. •Questionably as a synonym of Tilapia guineensis (Günther 1862) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:489 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:758 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

agilis, Chromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:324, Pls. 26 (fig. A), 32 (fig. J) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Astove Island, Aldabra Group, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, ca. 10°06′S, 47°45′E. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 292. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 2337-44 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 11). •Valid as Chromis agilis Smith 1960 -- (Randall et al. 1990:255 [ref. 15987], Allen 1986:673 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Senou & Morita 1995:2 [ref. 24359], Randall et al. 1997:255 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:925 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:925 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:353 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:426 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:305 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Allen & Erdmann 2020:113 [ref. 37716], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:132 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis agilis (Smith 1960) -- (Tang et al. 2021:275 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis agilis (Smith 1960). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western and central Indian Ocean: East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Comoros and Madagascar, Aldabra (Seychelles) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.

albicauda, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2009:123, Figs. 1-2, 4-5 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 15 (no. 3); ref. 30466] Crystal Bay, 8°42.887'S, 115°27.331'E, Nusa Penida [Penida Island], off east coast of Bali, Indonesia [Badung Strait, eastern Indian Ocean], depth 30 meters. Holotype: NCIP 6350. Paratypes: MCIP 6351 (1); USNM 391796 (2); WAM P.33101-005 (5). •Valid as Chromis albicauda Allen & Erdmann 2009 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:148 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:576 [ref. 31980], Song et al. 2013:256 [ref. 36297], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis albicauda Allen & Erdmann 2009. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Indonesia north to southern Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

albomaculatus, Chromis Kamohara [T.] 1960:3, Fig. 1 [Reports of the Usa Marine Biological Station v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 11922] Kashiwajima, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: BSKU 7487. Paratypes: BSKU 8514 [not 8541] (1). Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282]. Genus Chromis is feminine, so the species epithet ending is corrected to albomaculata. •Valid as Chromis albomaculatus Kamohara 1960 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Chromis albomaculata Kamohara 1960 -- (Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Lin et al. 1994:174 [ref. 21512], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:927 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:927 [ref. 26193], Senou & Kudo 2007 [ref. 29071], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis albomaculata Kamohara 1960. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Okinawa north to Izu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

alleni, Chromis Randall [J. E.], Ida [H.] & Moyer [J. T.] 1981:(210) 215, Pl. 1 (fig. A); Fig. 2H [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 28 (no. 3); ref. 5449] Western side of Sesoko Island, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 19092. Paratypes: BMNH 1979.7.17.1 (1); BPBM 19093 (1), 19119 (1), 19142 (1), 22310 (1), 22618 (1); FSKU 760810 (7); NTUM 4927 (2); TMBS 741230-A (1), 750700 (1), 751001-B (1); USNM 220557 (1), WAM P.25516-005 (5). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:28 [ref. 19335], Moyer & Matsuura 1991:82 [ref. 19927] as TMBS specimens presumed lost, Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117], Ho & Shao 2011:48 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Chromis alleni Randall, Ida & Moyer 1981 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Randall & McCosker 1992:333 [ref. 19766], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:926 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:926 [ref. 26193], Ho & Shao 2011:48 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis alleni (Randall, Ida & Moyer 1981) -- (Akaike et al. 2021:23 [ref. 38809], Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis alleni (Randall, Ida & Moyer 1981). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan north to Izu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.

alpha, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:74, Fig. 1 [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 14250] Outside reef off western side of Rimatuu Islet, Tetiaroa Atoll, Society Islands, depth 45 meters. Holotype: BPBM 14993. Paratypes: AMS I.16650-001 (1), I.17474-003 (1), I.19476-021 (2), I.22580-012 (1); ANSP 134269 (1); BPBM 6898 (4), 11544 (2), 14702 (2), 14999 (1), 16083 (2), 17506 (1), 18388 (1), 18467 (3), 19979 (1), 30938 (14), 30951 (2), 31159 (2); MNHN 1976-129 (1); USNM 209903 (1), 223922 (4), 273546 (1); WAM P.24939 (5), P.25283-001 (1), P.27826-025 (3), P.28165-007 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:28 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis alpha Randall 1988 -- (Randall 1988:52 [ref. 14252], Randall et al. 1990:256 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:256 [ref. 25919], Senou et al. 1999:2 [ref. 24390], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:923 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:923 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495] dated as 1987, Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:353 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2008:207 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2012:576 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:208 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis alpha Randall 1988. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Islands and Cocos-Keeling islands and Indonesia east to Caroline and Tuamotu Islands, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to northwestern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

alta, Chromis Greenfield [D. W.] & Woods [L. P.] 1980:630, Figs. 2-3, 6 [Copeia 1980 (no. 4); ref. 5581] Bahía Santa Inez, Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico, depth 72-81 meters. Holotype: SIO 65-305. Paratypes: BMNH 1978.11.7.1-2 (2); BPBM 22428 (2); CAS 39276 (1), 39295 (5), 39407 (7); FMNH 75777 (1), 89557 (13); SIO 77-193 (1), 78-296 (2); UA 71-79 (3), 71-88 (1), 75-120 (1); USNM 219028 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:24 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Chromis alta Greenfield & Woods 1980 -- (Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Allen & Robertson 1994:187 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1400 [ref. 22830], Allen & Robertson 1997:828 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:262 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:474 [ref. 24023], McCosker et al. 1997:25 [ref. 22816], Thomson et al. 2000:166 [ref. 25640], Richards & Engle 2001:178 [ref. 25759], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:134 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:158 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:264 [ref. 35888], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Love et al. 2021:174 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis alta Greenfield & Woods 1980. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Panama, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

amboinensis, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1871:111 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 17079] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6505. •Valid as Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871) -- (Randall et al. 1990:256 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:256 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Suzuki et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25313], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:576 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2014:20 [ref. 33350], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:209 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Islands and Cocos-Keeling islands east to Micronesia and Papua New Guinea, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

anadema, Chromis Motomura [H.], Nishiyama [H.] & Chiba [S. N.] 2017:[3], Figs. 2, 3a [Ichthyological Research v. 65 (no. 2); ref. 35661] Off west coast of Yoron-jima island, Amami Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 27°03'21"N, 128°24'39"E, depth 10 meters. Holotype: KAUM-I 42229. Paratypes: AMS, BPBM, CAS, KAUM, MNHN, OMNH, USNM. •Valid as Chromis anadema Motomura, Nishiyama & Chiba 2017 -- (Allen 2018:20 [ref. 35994], Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis anadema Motomura, Nishiyama & Chiba 2017. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western, central and South Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, Palau, Mariana Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Gambier Islands and Pitcairn Islands. Habitat: marine.

analis, Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:496 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8164. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:16 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis analis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:256 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Randall 1995:261 [ref. 22896], Lee & Kim 1996:30 [ref. 25726], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:256 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Randall 2001:102 [ref. 25124], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Choi et al. 2003:632 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:354 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2009:129 [ref. 30466], Motomura et al. 2010:148 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:577 [ref. 31980], Song et al. 2013:257 [ref. 36297], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Fricke et al. 2019:209 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:10 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Chromis analis (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Micronesia and Fiji, north to Taiwan and southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

andersonii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:14 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Okavango River, Botswana, southern Africa. Neotype: BMNH 1910.5.31.71. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:44 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. Neotype designated by Trewavas 1966:414 [ref. 9082]. •Valid as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau 1861) -- (Trewavas 1981:42 [ref. 39520], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:309 [ref. 20954], Skelton 1993:327 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:327 [ref. 27406], Seegers et al. 2003:43 [ref. 28087], Marshall 2011:249 [ref. 31755], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Bruton et al. 2018:88 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southern-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

andreae, Chromis Günther [A.] 1864:492 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 3); ref. 13931] Lake Galilée, northern Israel. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.8.20.8-9 (3). •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Goren 1974:103 [ref. 7502], Krupp & Schneider 1989:400 [ref. 13651], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:329 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

appendiculata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:15, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Río Ucayali, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9483. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:44 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Valid as Heros appendiculatus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:219 [ref. 12439], Lasso et al. 2001:101 [ref. 25928]). •Synonym of Heros efasciatus Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:636 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Heros efasciatus Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

athena, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2008:204, Figs. 1-2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (no. 4); ref. 29960] Keruo Channel, 00°35.291'S, 130°17.542'E, Fam Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia, depth 62 meters. Holotype: NCIP 6337. Paratypes: NCIP 6346 (1); USNM 391635 (1); WAM P.33012-001 (2). •Valid as Chromis athena Allen & Erdmann 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:577 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis athena Allen & Erdmann 2008. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

atrilobata, Chromis (Furcaria) Gill [T. N.] 1862:149 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1662] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 3675. •Valid as Chromis atrilobata Gill 1862 -- (Greenfield & Woods 1980:638 [ref. 5581], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Allen & Robertson 1994:187 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1400 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:262 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:474 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:298 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:166 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:134 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:174 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Azurina atrilobata (Gill 1862) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Page et al. 2023:160 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Azurina atrilobata (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including Guadalupe Island (Mexico), Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

atripectoralis, Chromis Welander [A. D.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1951:107, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 41 (no. 3); ref. 12926] Channel reef, Eman Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 112397. Paratypes: BMNH 1952.5.8.1-6 [ex USNM] (6); FMNH 44703 (orig. 20, now 14), 44704 (orig. 10, now 9), 44705 (2), 62624 (1); USNM (44 lots, 166). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:24 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz 1951 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:257 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:257 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:928 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830] with authors as Schultz & Welander, Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:131 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:354 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:204 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Allen & Erdmann 2012:577 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:263 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:209 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418], Yusuf in Motomura et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38121], Allen 2022:132 [ref. 39911], Dewa et al. 2022:22 [ref. 40001]). Current status: Valid as Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz 1951. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Maldives east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

atripes, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:43, Pl. 2 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Sablayan, Mindoro, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89952. Paratypes: ANSP 85282 (3), USNM (55 lots, ca. 176 spec.). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis atripes Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Randall 1988:56 [ref. 14252], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:257 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:257 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:923 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:923 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:355 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:148 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:578 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:210 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis atripes (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis atripes (Fowler & Bean 1928). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

auratus, Chromis Boulenger [G. A.] 1897:155 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 19 (no. 110) (art. 16); ref. 14625] Monkey Bay, west coast of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], Malawi. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1896.12.1.7. •Valid as Tilapia aurea (Boulenger 1897) -- (Goren 1974:102 [ref. 7502]). •Valid as Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger 1897) -- (Maréchal 1991:258 [ref. 20944], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Fuller et al. 1999:433 [ref. 25838], Konings-Dudin et al. 2009:56 [ref. 30309] but with incorrect original genus, Konings & Stauffer 2012:19 [ref. 31871], Konings 2016:113 [ref. 34521], Bandjolu et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38801], Chan et al. 2023:145 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger 1897). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa: Lake Malawi. Introduced in Sulawesi Tengah (Indonesia) and Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

aureus, Chromis Steindachner [F.] 1864:229, Pl. 8 (fig. 5) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 14; ref. 13938] West Africa. Lectotype: NMW 32874. Paralectotypes: (several). Lectotype selected by Trewavas 1965:265 [ref. 23091]. •Valid as Tilapia aurea (Steindachner 1864) -- (Lee et al. 1980:771 [ref. 22416], Boschung 1992:150 [ref. 23239]). •Valid as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner 1864) -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Krupp & Schneider 1989:396 [ref. 13651], Page & Burr 1991:334 [ref. 18983], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:311 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:763 [ref. 21590], Skelton 1993:330 [ref. 24071], Mekkawy 1995:1 [ref. 23990], Zhu 1995:172, 206 [ref. 25213], Fuller et al. 1999:435 [ref. 25838], Rafique 2000:327 [ref. 25220], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131], Skelton 2001:330 [ref. 27406], Moyle 2002:420 [ref. 26449], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], Mirza 2003:24 [ref. 27265], Hamidan 2004:391 [ref. 37679], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:209 [ref. 28183], Fricke et al. 2007:92 [ref. 29533], Scharpf 2009:8 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:265 [ref. 31114], Marshall 2011:257 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:374 [ref. 32989], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:335 [ref. 34894], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Zhang et al. 2016:213 [ref. 34477], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036], Esmaeili et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35254], Bruton et al. 2018:110 [ref. 36373], Esmaeili et al. 2018:71 [ref. 36089], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:385 [ref. 35886], Louizi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 38351], Çiçek et al. 2020:257 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:100 [ref. 37569], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:255 [ref. 37983], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Angulo 2021:9 [ref. 38913], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1409 [ref. 39565], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39506], Angulo et al. 2023:53 [ref. 40676], Chan et al. 2023:145 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:466 [ref. 40601], Çiçek et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:436 [ref. 40625], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:216 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:137 [ref. 40505], Saad et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40501], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:175, Valenzuela et al. 2023:96 [ref. 40815], Çiçek et al. 2024:332 [ref. 40789], Endruweit 2024:54 [ref. 41040], Quintana 2024:6 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner 1864). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Middle East and Africa. Introduced widely elsewhere, including many states in the U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

axillaris, Heliases Bennett [E. T.] 1831:128 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16794] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Chromis axillaris (Bennett 1831) -- (Bruner & Arnam 1979:57 [ref. 8844], Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757], Allen 1986:673 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Collette & Parin 1991:15 [ref. 19110], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:132 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis axillaris (Bennett 1831). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique) to Walters Shoals and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

azurelineatus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:57, Pl. 5 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Port Uson, west of Pinas Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89957. Paratypes: ANSP 80317 (3); USNM 96398-99 (10, 5), 96424-25 (6, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Amblyglyphidodon azurelineatus (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Allen 1991:235 [ref. 19344], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132]). •Valid as Altrichthys azurelineatus (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Allen 1999:23 [ref. 24277], Allen 2000:107 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Erdmann 2012:566 [ref. 31980], Bernardi et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35314], Parenti 2021:43 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Altrichthys azurelineatus (Fowler & Bean 1928). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines endemic. Habitat: marine.

bami, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & McCosker [J. E.] 1992:334, Figs. 3-4 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 47 (no. 12); ref. 19766] About 1 kilometer north of Duddie's Cocknuts, Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island, depth 30.5-36.5 meters. Holotype: CAS 75992. Paratypes: AMS I.31223-001 (2); BMNH 1991.5.20.2-3 (2); BPBM 12782 (2), 13683 (1), 13695 (2), 16524 (5), 16687 (9); CAS 63215 (7); NSMT-P 34680 (3); USNM 316515 (3). •Valid as Chromis bami Randall & McCosker 1992 -- (Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Randall 2001:99 [ref. 25124], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:355 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis bami (Randall & McCosker 1992) -- (Tang et al. 2021:267 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis bami (Randall & McCosker 1992). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: South Pacific: Tonga, Society Islands, Austral Islands and Pitcairn. Habitat: marine.

bandanensis, Glyphisodon Bleeker [P.] 1851:248 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 27456 (1 of 49). •Synonym of Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

barbata, Sciena Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:380, 384 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. The original genus is correctly Sciaena. Also appeared in Devincenzi 1925:304, 322; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Pogonias chromis (Linnaeus). •Synonym of Pogonias courbina (Lacepède 1803) -- (Azpelicueta et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36834], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Pogonias courbina (Lacepède 1803). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bermudae, Chromis Nichols [J. T.] 1920:60 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 33; ref. 3173] Bermuda. Holotype: AMNH 7317. Paratypes: AMNH 7318 (3). •Synonym of Chromis flavicauda (Günther 1880) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:205 [ref. 22802], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Moura 1995:94 [ref. 21617], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:284 [ref. 25013]). •Valid as Chromis bermudae Nichols 1920 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:179 [ref. 32953], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis bermudae Nichols 1920. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: Bermuda endemic. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Gliphidodon Macleay [W.] 1882:365 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 3); ref. 17585] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MAMU (whereabouts unknown). A secondary homonym of Chromis bicolor (Rochebrune 1880), no replacement name needed, nomen dubium. •Status uncertain -- (Allen 1991:254 [ref. 19344]). •Synonym of Chromis nitida (Whitley 1928) -- (Randall 2005:359 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Synonym of Chromis nitida (Whitley 1928). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Heliastes Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:166 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Casamance River, Senegal. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:34 [ref. 20862] with Sauvage as author. Original genus should have been Heliases. •Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193]). •Valid as Chromis bicolor (Rochebrune 1880) -- (Lloris & Rucabado 1990:845 [ref. 15959]). •Questionably a synonym of Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner 1881) -- (Allen 1991:234 [ref. 19344]). •Synonym of Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner 1881)-- (Parenti 2021:40 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Uncertain as Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner 1881). Pomacentridae: Glyphisodontinae. Habitat: marine.

bimaculatus, Gliphidodon Macleay [W.] 1883:271 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 17587] Southeastern coast of New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.9236. •Synonym of Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871) -- (Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871). Current status: Synonym of Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

bitaeniatus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:56, Pl. 6 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Maricaban Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89956. •Synonym of Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:68 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

bowesi, Chromis Arango [B. G.], Pinheiro [H. T.], Rocha [C. R.], Greene [B. D.], Pyle [R. L.], Copus [J. M.], Shepherd [B.] & Rocha [L. A.] 2019:9, Figs. 3a-c [ZooKeys No. 835; ref. 36621] Dive and Trek, Batangas, Philippines, 13°48'3.52"N, 120°54'38.88"E, depth 120 meters. Holotype: PNM 15359. Paratypes: BPBM, CAS, USNM. •Valid as Chromis bowesi Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha 2019 -- (Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis bowesi Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha 2019. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

brasiliensis, Chromis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:286 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Rio de Janeiro Bay, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9503. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:204 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as 'Geophagus' brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Argolo et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37561]). •Valid as Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029], Malabarba 1989:166 [ref. 14217], Casatti & Castro 1998:232 [ref. 23663], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612], Fuller et al. 1999:429 [ref. 25838], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048], Bertaco et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565], Koerber et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35083], Koerber et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35632], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35679], Mattos & Costa 2018:336 [ref. 36009], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36506], Koerber et al. 2019:11 [ref. 36736], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:6 [ref. 39606], Mirande & Koerber 2020:2 [ref. 37594], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Chuctaya et al. 2022:15 [ref. 39723], Carvalho-Filho 2023:197 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:34 [ref. 40710], Chan et al. 2023:144 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: coastal drainages (southeastern Brazil). Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

brevirostris, Chromis Pyle [R. L.], Earle [J. L.] & Greene [B. D.] 2008:10, Figs. 2a-2c [Zootaxa No. 1671; ref. 29463] Alet Islet, 7°21'15.44"N, 149°10'47.03"E, Puluwat Atoll, Caroline Islands, western Pacific, depth 100-103 meters. Holotype: BPBM 40804. Paratypes: BMNH 2007.10.31.2 (1); BPBM 37671 (1), 37713 (1), 39993 (1), 40422 (3), 40703 (2); CAS 225756 (2); MNHN 2007-1923 (1); USNM 391137 (4); WAM P.32899-001 (2). •Valid as Chromis brevirostris Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2008:207 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2012:578 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Azurina brevirostris (Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Azurina brevirostris (Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, south to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

brunneus, Lepidochromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:328, Pl. 32 (fig. B) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Baixo Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 289. Paratypes: (numerous) not researched. •Synonym of Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker 1876 -- (Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:135 [ref. 39911]). •Synonym of Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876). Current status: Synonym of Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

burtoni, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:631, Pl. 58 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4) (art. 2) (for 7 Nov. 1893); ref. 14529] Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1889.1.35.12. •Valid as Haplochromis burtoni (Günther 1894) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:112 [ref. 20956], De Vos et al. 2001:130, 132 [ref. 26059], Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven 2010:280 [ref. 31038] in 'Haplochromis'). •Valid as Astatotilapia burtoni (Günther 1894) -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:229 [ref. 24781], Kullander & Roberts 2012:358, 369[ref. 31751]). Current status: Valid as Astatotilapia burtoni (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika and associated rivers. Habitat: freshwater.

busumanus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1903:333, Pl. 30 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 18 Nov. 1902); ref. 2021] Lake Busum-chi [Bosumtwi], Ghana. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1903.4.24.36-40 (5), 1903.4.24.41 (1, skeleton); USNM 50955 (1). •Valid as Tilapia busumana (Günther 1903) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:484 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:745 [ref. 21590], Dankwa et al. 1999:47 [ref. 28023], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:2 [ref. 30890], Dunz & Schliewen 2013:75 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Valid as Tilapia busumana (Günther 1903). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

buttikoferi, Chromis Hubrecht [A. A. W.] 1881:66 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 14287] St. Paul River, Liberia. Syntypes: RMMH 5269 (3). Named after Johann Büttikofer from the German part of Switzerland, so corrected to büttikoferi and emended to buettikoferi (Art. 32.5.2.1). •Valid as Tilapia buttikoferi (Hubrecht 1881) -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480] dated 1883, Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:484 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:749 [ref. 21590], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:2 [ref. 30890], Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Heterotilapia buttikoferi (Hubrecht 1881) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Robins et al. 2018:381 [ref. 35886], Chan et al. 2023:145 [ref. 40365], Page et al. 2023:137 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Heterotilapia buettikoferi (Hubrecht 1881). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West Africa: Guinea-Bissau to western Liberia; established in Florida, U.S.A. Introduced in Singapore and Hong Kong (China). IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

cadenati, Chromis Whitley [G. P.] 1951:66 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1949-50; ref. 4711] Replacement name for Chromis lineatus Cadenat 1949, preoccupied by Chromis lineatus Fowler & Bean 1928. •Incorrectly as synonym of Chromis lineata Cadenat 1949 -- (Lloris & Rucabado 1990:848 [ref. 15959]). •Valid as Chromis cadenati Whitley 1951 -- (Edwards 1986:195 [ref. 9152], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2720 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:236 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Fermon et al. 2022:250 [ref. 39448]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Chromis cadenati Whitley 1951. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Ghana, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

caeruleus, Cantharus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:342 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8813 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:81-82 [ref. 20898] as coeruleus, Bauchot et al. 1978:6 [ref. 20862]. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

caeruleus, Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:497 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] New Guinea; Uléa, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5644 (2) New Guinea. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:16 [ref. 20862]. On Official Index (Opinion 1563) for purposes of priority but not homonymy -- (see Randall et al. 1990:261 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Chromis caerulea (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757] as caeruleus, Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as caeruleus, Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932]). •Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

callipterus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:623, Pl. 55 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: 1893.1.17.4 (1), 1893.11.15.1-3 (3), 1893.11.15.4 (1, skeleton), 1893.11.15.5 (1), ?1893.11.15.24-32 (9?). •Valid as Haplochromis callipterus (Günther 1894) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:113 [ref. 20956]). •Valid as Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894) -- (Skelton 1993:295 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:300 [ref. 27406], Scharpf 2009:3 [ref. 30400], Marshall 2011:217 [ref. 31755], Konings 2016:291 [ref. 34521], Robins et al. 2018:367 [ref. 35886], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa. Introduced in Florida (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

caribbaea, Demoisellea Fowler [H. W.] 1944:139, Fig. 221 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] Old Providence Island [Providencia Island], Caribbean Sea. Holotype: ANSP 70076. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. •Status uncertain -- (Allen 1991:254 [ref. 19344]). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

castanea, Chromis Cuvier [G.] 1814:88 [Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris [Sér. 3] [v. 1] (for 29 Mar. 1814); ref. 4884] Coast of Provence, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. •Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:846 [ref. 15959], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Parin 2003:S17 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

castaneus, Chromis Schinz [H. R.] 1822:431 [Das Thierreich v. 2; ref. 3926] Unneeded replacement name for and objective synonym of Sparus chromis Linnaeus 1758 (see Daget 1968:1059 [ref. 26392]). •Valid as Chromis castaneus Schinz 1822 -- (Herrera 1896:59 [ref. 39336]). •Objective synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Daget 1968:1059 [ref. 26392], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caudalis, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:76, Fig. 2 [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 14250] Alite Reef off Malaita, Solomon Islands, depth 150 feet. Holotype: BPBM 15613. Paratypes: BPBM 9376 (2), ?14329 (1), 15637 (1), 19242 (2), 30948 (2), 30950 (4), 31299 (2); USNM 223920-21 (2, 4); WAM P.26080-003 (1), P.26099-012 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis caudalis Randall 1988 -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2008:207 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2012:578 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:210 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis caudalis (Randall 1988) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis caudalis (Randall 1988). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall, Phoenix and Line islands, north to Philippines, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

caudofasciata, Chromis Shen [S.-C.] & Chen [S.-K.] 1978:33, Fig. 12 [Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) v. 17 (no. 1); ref. 8879] Off Pa-dou-tzu, northern Taiwan. Holotype: NTUM 02882. Paratypes: NTUM 02870 (1), 02876 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:48 [ref. 31432]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Chromis by Dascyllus caudofasciatus Montalban 1928; not replaced. •Synonym of Chromis fumea (Tanaka 1917) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Ho & Shao 2011:48 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen & Allen 2021:81 [ref. 38731]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chromis fumea (Tanaka 1917). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

caudofasciatus, Dascyllus Montalban [H. R.] 1928:26, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science of the Philippines No. 24 (1927); ref. 15801] Tambagaan, Bungau and Sibutu is., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP (13, apparently destroyed). •Synonym of Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker 1876 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876). Current status: Synonym of Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

cautus, Onychognathus Troschel [F. H.] 1866:231, Pl. 5 (figs. 12-14) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 32 (pt. 1); ref. 4465] Cape Verde Islands. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Chromis cautus (Troschel 1866) [should be cauta] -- (Lloris & Rucabado 1990:846 [ref. 15959], Wirtz et al. 2013:128 [ref. 32972]). •Synonym of Chromis multilineata (Guichenot 1853) -- (Edwards 1986:197 [ref. 9152], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2724 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853). Current status: Synonym of Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

chapmanii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:15 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:322 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

chromis, Haemulon Cuvier [G.] (ex Broussonet) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:242 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Jamaica. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7756. Type catalog: Bauchot 1969:133 [ref. 20807], Bauchot et al. 1983:36 [ref. 21546]. •Synonym of Haemulon parra (Desmarest 1823) -- (Courtenay 1961:89 [ref. 21095] as parrai, Parenti 2019:160 [ref. 37021]). Current status: Synonym of Haemulon parra (Desmarest 1823). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Habitat: marine.

chromis, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:280 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Southern Europe (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Valid as Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:917 [ref. 13676], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:846 [ref. 15959], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:109 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S17 [ref. 28536], Golani 2005:49 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:92 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:112 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:52 [ref. 36649], Wirtz et al. 2013:128 [ref. 32972], Parin et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33547], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2721 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:557 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:278 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:80 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38576], Golani 2021:66 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:74 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Fermon et al. 2022:251 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal south to Gabon and possibly Angola, including São Tome and Principe. Not Gulf of Guinea southward [Edwards in ref. 34618]. Habitat: brackish, marine.

chrysurus, Heliastes Bliss [R.] 1883:56 [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.) v. 13; ref. 16966] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MCZ 6094. Original genus should have been Heliases. •Valid as Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as chrysurus, Randall et al. 1990:257 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:236 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:257 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:927 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:927 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:28 [ref. 39915], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:134 [ref. 40104], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:133 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues); Taiwan to southern Japan; New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia east to Fiji and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

cinerascens, Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:495 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5642 (1), RMNH 947 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:16 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:192 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:205 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:579 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:170 [ref. 32988], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Yusuf in Motomura et al. 2021:45 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:133 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh east to Philippines, north to southern Chiona, south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

circumaurea, Chromis Pyle [R. L.], Earle [J. L.] & Greene [B. D.] 2008:15, Figs. 3a-3c [Zootaxa No. 1671; ref. 29463] "Magic Kingdom", 9°26'3.41"N, 138°02'96"E, Yap Island, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 40836. Paratypes: BMNH 2007.10.31.3 (1), CAS 225757 (1), MNHN 2007-1924 (1), USNM 391138 (1), WAM P.32900-001 (1). •Valid as Chromis circumaurea Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis circumaurea Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands and Marshall Islands. Habitat: marine.

coeruleomaculatus, Chromis Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:166 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Senegal. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862] as coeruleo maculatus and author as Sauvage. Originally as coeruleo maculatus. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943] as caeruleomaculatus, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590] as caeruleomaculatus). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cromis, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1766:479 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.]; Brazil; Jamaica. No types known. Based on multiple sources, including the Cromis subargenteus oblongus of Browne 1756:449 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica], Coracinus brasiliensis guatucupa of Ray 1713:96 [ref. 30231] [Brazil], 'Gvatvcvpa' of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:177 [ref. 30347] [Brazil], and 'Drum' in manuscript description by A. Garden [South Carolina]. •Valid as Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Chao 1978:34 [ref. 6983], Robins & Ray 1986:188 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:392 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:151 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:147 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:410 [ref. 23827], Murdy et al. 1997:192 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:365 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:409 [ref. 25838], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:114 [ref. 25942], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:444 [ref. 26158], López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808] as chromis, Chao 2003:1636 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:89 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:442 [ref. 28815], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32708], Fabiano et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33530], Nión et al. 2016:49 [ref. 35565], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Spier et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439], Carvalho-Filho 2023:181 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus 1766). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada) south to Florida (U.S.A.), including northern and western Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

crusma, Heliases Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:510 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Juan Fernández Islands; Valparaíso, Chile. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8161 (1) Juan Fernandez, 0000-8162 (2) Valparaiso. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:17 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis crusma (Valenciennes 1833) -- (Greenfield & Woods 1980:636 [ref. 5581], Pequeño 1989:62 [ref. 14125], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:299 [ref. 24555], Pequeño 1998:90 [ref. 24567], Pequeño & Sáez 2000:32 [ref. 24590], Meléndez C. & Cornejo C. 2001:70 [ref. 26163], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis crusma (Valenciennes 1833). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Cabo Blanco (Peru) south to Talcahuano (Chile). Habitat: marine.

cupreus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1923:22 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 63 (no. 2488); ref. 1474] "Singapore, Maui, Fiji, or Samoa," though most likely from either of the last two named. Holotype (unique): USNM 83108. •Synonym of Chromis crusma (Valenciennes 1833) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis crusma (Valenciennes 1833). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

cyanea, Furcaria Poey [F.] 1860:196, Pls. 13(figs. 21,22), 14(fig. 4) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 14670. Poey specimens: MCZ 14667-68 (1, 1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:207 [ref. 22926]. •Valid as Chromis cyanea (Poey 1860) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:211 [ref. 22802], Robins & Ray 1986:197 [ref. 23100] as cyaneus, Lloris & Rucabado 1990:847 [ref. 15959], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Cervigón 1993:354 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:283 [ref. 25013], Nakabo 2000:938 [ref. 25182], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:113 [ref. 26784], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1696 [ref. 27102], Smith et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:492 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972] Cape Verde Islands doubtful, Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:61 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:255 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:70 [ref. 39585]). •Valid as Azurina cyanea (Poey 1860) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Carvalho-Filho 2023:193 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:160 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Azurina cyanea (Poey 1860). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda south to Great Amazon Reef system (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: ?Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.

cyanurus, Dascyllus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:127, Pl. 31 (fig. 4) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1253. Paralectotypes: SMF 4932-33 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Chromis caerulea (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

dasygenys, Abudefduf Fowler [H. W.] 1935:400, Fig. 34 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 87; ref. 1421] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: ANSP 63934. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis dasygenys (Fowler 1935) -- (Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:331 [ref. 28072], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:133 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis dasygenys (Fowler 1935). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Somalia. Habitat: marine.

degruyi, Chromis Pyle [R. L.], Earle [J. L.] & Greene [B. D.] 2008:18, Figs. 4a-4c [Zootaxa No. 1671; ref. 29463] Kayangel Atoll, 8°04'16.64"N, 134°40'54.52"E, Palau Island, depth 85 meters. Holotype: BPBM 40842. Paratypes: BMNH 2007.10.31.4 (1), CAS 225758 (1), USNM 391139 (1), WAM P.32901-001 (1). •Valid as Chromis degruyi Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis degruyi Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau endemic. Habitat: marine.

delta, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:78, Fig. 3 [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 14250] Reef adjacent to wreck of Japanese ship, 7 miles west of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 38-48 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15584. Paratypes: AMS I.17506-004 (2), I.19476-020 (1), I.20441-008 (1), I.22627-005 (2), I.22632-008 (2); BPBM 9436 (11), 14695 (9), 16188 (4), 18469 (2), 19358 (1), 23435 (1), 26512 (2), 26527 (1), 26678 (3), 30187 (2), 30252 (2), 30953 (3) 30974 (2), 31158 (34), 31461 (1); USNM 268413 (1); WAM P.26099-026 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117], Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Chromis delta Randall 1988 -- (Randall et al. 1990:258 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:258 [ref. 25919], Senou et al. 1999:2 [ref. 24390], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:926 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:926 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:356 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2008:207 [ref. 29960], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:579 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2020:112 [ref. 37716], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:133 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis delta (Randall 1988) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis delta (Randall 1988). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Andaman Islands (India), Christmas Islands and Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) east to Palau and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

desmostigma, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:51 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Tataan Island, Tawi Tawi Islands. Holotype: USNM 89954. Paratypes: USNM 93520 (3), 98241 (2). Additional material: (2). •Synonym of Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Allen 1991:235 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:43 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker 1855). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

diagramma, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:632, Pl. 58 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4) (art. 2) (for 7 Nov. 1893); ref. 14529] Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika. Lectotype: BMNH 1889.1.30.9. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1889.1.30.10-11 (2). Lectotype selected by Van Steenberge et al. 2015:33 [ref. 35550]. •Valid as Simochromis diagramma (Günther 1894) -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:455 [ref. 20946], De Vos et al. 2001:130 [ref. 26059] dated 1893, Kullander & Roberts 2012:362, 369 [ref. 31751], Konings 2015:229 [ref. 34660], Van Steenberge et al. 2015:30 [ref. 35550], Konings 2019:243 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Simochromis diagramma (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Tanganyika and Niemba River. Habitat: freshwater.

dimidiatus, Heliastes Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:529 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMNS 1765. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:16 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:55 [ref. 29864]. Original genus should have been Heliases. Some earlier references refer to Chromis fieldi. •Valid as Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757], Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:260 [ref. 22896], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:481 [ref. 23919], Fricke 1999:371 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830] as dimidata, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:332 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:205 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Allen & Erdmann 2012:579 [ref. 31980], Randall & DiBattista 2013:11 [ref. 32432], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:113 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:134 [ref. 40104], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:134 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis dimidiatus (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis dimidiatus (Klunzinger 1871). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Previous Indian Ocean records are based on Pycnochromis fieldi (Randall & DiBattista 2013). Habitat: marine.

discolor, Chromis Günther [A.] 1903:332 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 18 Nov. 1902); ref. 2021] Lake Busum-chi [Bosumtwi], Ghana. Syntypes: BMNH 1903.4.24.33-35 (3). •Valid as Tilapia discolor (Günther 1903) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:488 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:759 [ref. 21590], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:2 [ref. 30890], Dunz & Schliewen 2012:18 [ref. 31983]). •Valid as Coptodon discolor (Günther 1903) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon discolor (Günther 1903). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Western Africa: Ashanti ecoregion endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

dispilus, Chromis Griffin [L. T.] 1923:254, Pl. 25 [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 54 (art. 23); ref. 15405] West coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Holotype: AIM MA 275. Paratypes: AIM (3). Non-types: (5) mentioned in footnote. Spelling as dispilus follows authors listed; might be correct as dispila. Trnski personal communication (12/1/2017) on type status. •Valid as Chromis dispilus Griffin 1923 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:198 [ref. 24556], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Allen & Adrim 2000:51 [ref. 25052], Allen & Erdmann 2008:203 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2009:122 [ref. 30466], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167]). •Valid as Chromis dispila Griffin 1923 -- (Stewart et al. 2015:1412 [ref. 34288], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis dispila Griffin 1923. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New Zealand, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

dumerilii, Chromis Steindachner [F.] 1864:225, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 14; ref. 13938] West Africa. Holotype (unique): NMW 32907. •Synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:327 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

durvillei, Chromis Quéro [J.-C.], Spitz [J.] & Vayne [J.-J.] 2010:322, Figs. 1-3.2 [Cybium v. 33 (no. 4) [for 2009]; ref. 30746] At surfacae after the eruption of Piton de la fournaise. Holotype: MNHN 2008-1180. Paratypes: MNH RUN P567 (7); MHNLR 2009. 11.1 (1); SAM 37256 (1). •Valid as Chromis durvillei Quéro, Spitz & Vayne 2010 -- (Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:134 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis durvillei Quéro, Spitz & Vayne 2010. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes (La Réunion) endemic. Habitat: marine.

earina, Chromis Pyle [R. L.], Earle [J. L.] & Greene [B. D.] 2008:21, Figs.5a-5c [Zootaxa No. 1671; ref. 29463] Off western coast of Tutuba Island, 15°32'39.28"N, 167°16'29.82"E, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Holotype: MNHN 2007-1921. Paratypes: BMNH 2007.10.31.5 (1); BPBM 37674 (1), 37714 (4), 40720 (2); CAS 225759 (1); MNHN 2007-1926 (1); USNM 391140 (1); WAM P.32902-001 (1). •Valid as Chromis earina Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008 -- (Nishiyama et al. 2012:61 [ref. 32088], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1202 [ref. 31980], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis earina Pyle, Earle & Greene 2008. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau; Raja Ampat Islands (West Papua, Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea east to Fiji, south to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

elaphrus, Chromis Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:457, Fig. 23 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50703. Paratypes: (8). •Synonym of Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage 1875) -- (Allen 1991:248 [ref. 19344], Mundy 2005:429 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:71 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage 1875). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Habitat: marine.

elerae, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:52, Pl. 4 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Pasacao, Ragay Gulf, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89955. Paratypes: (16) ANSP 85281 (1); USNM 98716-20 (1, 2, 1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis elerae Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:258 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:258 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:922 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:922 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:356 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:580 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:134 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Azurina elerae (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Azurina elerae (Fowler & Bean 1928). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Christmas Islands and Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

enchrysurus, Chromis Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:286 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 282); ref. 2472] Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: CAS-SU 2590 (1), USNM 30871 (now 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. Species epithet is a noun in apposition, according to Jordan & Evermann 1898:1549 [ref. 2444]. •Valid as Chromis enchrysura Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:211 [ref. 22802], Emery & Smith-Vaniz 1982:152 [ref. 37657], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:284 [ref. 25013], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943] as aff. enchrysura, Carter & Kaufman 2003:1696 [ref. 27102], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:91 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:493 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:78 [ref. 36155], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:61 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:23 [ref. 34324] as aff. enchrysura, Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). •Valid as Chromis enchrysurus Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:197 [ref. 23100], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Boschung 1992:151 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:385 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:355 [ref. 24474], Moura 1995:94 [ref. 21617], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], McFarland et al. 2020:127 [ref. 38036], Robertson et al. 2020:160 [ref. 38098] as cf. 'enchrysura', Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis enchrysurus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to West Indies, including Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea; central Atlantic: Saint Paul's Rocks (Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago). Habitat: marine.

epicurorum, Chromis Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:149 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Carolinas, U.S.A. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.45 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:219 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Monod 1973:370 [ref. 7193], Dooley 1990:721 [ref. 18458]). •Synonym of Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Wheeler 1958:219 [ref. 13434]). Current status: Synonym of Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus 1766). Pomatomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

facetus, Chromis Jenyns [L.] 1842:104 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Laguna del Diario, 34°54'S, 55°00'W, in Maldonado, Uruguay. Holotype (unique): UMZC IV.290 [Darwin no. 660] [FF6640]. Chromis can be masculine or feminine; apparently Jenyns treated it as masculine based on his included species facetus. See Calviño 2007:40 [ref. 29380] for information on the type locality. •Valid as Nandopsis faceta (Jenyns 1842) -- (Burgess 2000:48 [ref. 24818] as facetum). •Valid as Cichlasoma facetum (Jenyns 1842) -- (Malabarba 1989:163 [ref. 14217], Pequeño 1989:62 [ref. 14125], Gómez & Chebez 1996:66 [ref. 23791], Haro et al. 1996:6 [ref. 25004], Dyer 2000:89 [ref. 26678] with genus provisionally as 'Cichlasoma', López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808] as 'Cichlasoma', Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061] as incertae sedis in 'Cichlasoma', Rícon & Kullander 2003:794 [ref. 27259] as 'Cichlasoma', López et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27366] as fasciatum, Menni 2004:87 [ref. 28131]). •Valid as Australoheros facetus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Říĉan & Kullander 2006:141 [6] [ref. 28603], Casciotta et al. 2006:77 [ref. 28756], Říĉan & Kullander 2008:4 [ref. 29548], Ottoni et al. 2008:75 [ref. 29616], Ottoni & Costa 2008:208 [ref. 29909], Ottoni & Cheffe 2009:155 [ref. 30294], Azpelicueta et al. 2010:2 [ref. 41139], Schindler et al. 2010:141 [ref. 31744], Koerber 2011:8 [ref. 31122], Ottoni et al. 2011:138 [ref. 31378], Ríčan et al. 2011:2 [ref. 31455], Ottoni 2012:84 [ref. 31900], Ottoni 2013:166 [ref. 32901], Koerber 2014:14 [ref. 33621], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Schindler & Heijns 2015:241 [ref. 34330], Mirande & Koerber 2015:59 [ref. 35117], Říčan et al. 2016:28 [ref. 34357], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565] as facetum, Říčan & Říčanová 2017:5 [ref. 35635], Lucena et al. 2022:46 [ref. 39823], Loureiro et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Australoheros facetus (Jenyns 1842). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Uruguay River and lower Paraná River basins, and some short coastal rivers from Maldonado to Montevideo (Uruguay and Argentina; ?Paraguay). Introduced in Chile, Portugal and Spain. Habitat: freshwater.

faidherbii, Chromis Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:167 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Senegal. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862] with author as Sauvage. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

fasciata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:17, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Araguay, Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. Originally Chromys ?? fasciata. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Heros efasciatus Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:636 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Heros efasciatus Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

fasciatus, Chromis Perugia [A.] 1892:970 [4] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 10; ref. 3433] Vivi, Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.12.12.1-6 [ex MSNG] (6); MSNG 7674 (21). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:336 [ref. 10350]. On p. 4 of separate. •Valid as Haplochromis fasciatus (Perugia 1892) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:125 [ref. 20956], Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven 2010:280 [ref. 31038] in 'Haplochromis'). Current status: Valid as Haplochromis fasciatus (Perugia 1892). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West-central Africa: Lower Congo River. Habitat: freshwater.

fatuhivae, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 2001:96, Fig. 3 [Copeia 2001 (no. 1); ref. 25124] Off point at north end of Hanauu Bay, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, depth 18-21 meters. Holotype: BPBM 11766. Paratypes: BPBM 38687 (1), MNHN 2000-5 (1), USNM 359631 (1). •Valid as Chromis fatuhivae Randall 2001 -- (Randall 2005:356 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis fatuhivae (Randall 2001) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis fatuhivae (Randall 2001). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: South Pacific Ocean: Marquesas Islands (France). Habitat: marine.

fenestrata, Chromis Günther [A.] 1860:318 [3] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860 (pt 2) (art. 6); ref. 18212] Río de la Lana, Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1857.7.31.13-14 (2). On p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Cichlasoma fenestratum (Günther 1860) -- (Conkel 1993:140 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:66 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Paraneetroplus fenestratus (Günther 1860) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1298 [ref. 31111] as fenestrata, Page et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32708], Paepke et al. 2014:51 [ref. 33351]). •Valid as Vieja fenestrata (Günther 1860) -- (Burgess 2000:50 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:645 [ref. 27061], Miller 2006:381 [ref. 28615], Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], McMahan et al. 2015:216 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34357], Gómez-González et al. 2018:387 [ref. 35762], Moral-Flores et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36020], McMahan et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36816], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2020:202 [ref. 38085], Chan et al. 2023:148 [ref. 40365], Page et al. 2023:138 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Vieja fenestrata (Günther 1860). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Atlantic Slope of Mexico. Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

fieldi, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & DiBattista [J. D.] 2013:5, Figs. 4-9 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 32432] West coast off Medine (north of Flic en Flac), Mauritius, depth 30 meters. Holotype: BPBM 20241. Paratypes: Many at BPBM, CAS, HUJ, ROM, SAIAB, USNM. •Valid as Chromis fieldi Randall & DiBattista 2013 -- (Fricke et al. 2018:263 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:113 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:85 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:134 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis fieldi (Randall & DiBattista 2013) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis fieldi (Randall & DiBattista 2013). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Java (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

flavapicis, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 2001:99, Figs. 4-6 [Copeia 2001 (no. 1); ref. 25124] Off point at north end of Hanauu Bay, steep rocky drop-off near shore, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, depth 12-23 meters. Holotype: BPBM 11776. Paratypes: AMS I.39935-001 (1); BMNH 11803 (14), 11928 (3), 38508 (1); CAS 210417 (1); MNHN 2000-7 (1); NSMT-P 57705 (1); USNM 359632 (1). •Valid as Chromis flavapicis Randall 2001 -- (Randall 2005:357 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis flavapicis Randall 2001. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: South Pacific: Marquesas Islands (France) endemic. Habitat: marine.

flavaxilla, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1994:40, Figs. 1-3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 21 (no. 1/2); ref. 21604] Um-aabak, Dahklak Archipelago, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Red Sea. Holotype: BPBM 36414. Paratypes: BMNH 1994.7.22.2 (1); BPBM 21459 (1), 27458 (5), 28001 (3), 33289 (1), 35700 (3), 36415 (19); HUJ 6370 (2), 12849 (3), 13126 (41), 13137 (19); USNM 275705 (67), 275710 (6), 275714 (1); WAM P.25991-008 (2), P.26461-004 (9). Type catalog: Golani 2006:28-29 [ref. 28840], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis flavaxilla Randall 1994 -- (Randall 1995:260 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:196 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Golani & Fricke 2018:113 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:119 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:85 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:135 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis flavaxilla Randall 1994. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

flavicauda, Heliastes Günther [A.] 1880:7, Pl. 30 (fig. D) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Off Pernambuco, Brazil, Challenger station 122, depth 30 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.7. Original genus should have been Heliases. •Valid as Chromis flavicauda (Günther 1880) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:205 [ref. 22802], Robins & Ray 1986:198 [ref. 23100], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Cervigón 1992:385 [ref. 23827], Moura 1995:94 [ref. 21617], Andreata & Séret 1996:587 [ref. 16204], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:284 [ref. 25013], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1696 [ref. 27102], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:91 [ref. 27192], Pinheiro et al. 2015:23 [ref. 34324], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:256 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Carvalho-Filho 2023:194 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Chromis flavicauda (Günther 1880). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Maranhão south to São Paulo (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.

flaviijosephi, Chromis Lortet [L.] 1883:141, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon v. 3; ref. 14341] Aun Nudauwara, Syria, 32°50'N, 35°28'E. Lectotype: MGHN 4056. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1898.12.5.5-6 (2), MGHN 3072-73 (2, 7), USNM 48022 (1). Originally as flavii-josephi. Lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider 1989:395 [ref. 13651]. •Valid as Haplochromis flaviijosephi (Lortet 1883) -- (Goren 1974:104 [ref. 7502], van Oijen et al. 1991:126 [ref. 20956]). •Valid as Astatotilapia flaviijosephi (Lortet 1883) -- (Krupp & Schneider 1989:395 [ref. 13651], Khalaf 2013:4 [ref. 37897], Trape 2016:534 [ref. 34893], Çiçek et al. 2023:464 [ref. 40601], Saad et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:327 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Astatotilapia flaviijosephi (Lortet 1883). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Middle East: Jordan River system (Syria, Israel, Jordan). Habitat: freshwater.

flavipectoralis, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:52, Figs. 3-4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 2); ref. 14252] Northern side of Pulau Putri, Seribu Islands, north of Jakarta, Java Sea, Indonesia, depth 8 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18569. Paratypes: BMNH 1988.6.2.1-2 (2); BPBM 18554 (2), 30587 (5); CAS 63207 (2); ROM 54941 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27720 (1); USNM 270851 (10), 270853 (4); WAM P.26506-007 (5), P.26514-002 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis flavipectoralis Randall 1988 -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa 2009:205 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:580 [ref. 31980], Allen 2022:135 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis flavipectoralis (Randall 1988) -- (Tang et al. 2021:275 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis flavipectoralis (Randall 1988). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Andaman Sea, Java Sea (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

flavomaculatus, Chromis Kamohara [T.] 1960:5, Fig. 2 [Reports of the Usa Marine Biological Station v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 11922] Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 8482. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara 1960 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as flavomaculatus, Randall et al. 1990:258 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:237 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:258 [ref. 25919], Francis et al. 1999:576 [ref. 24249], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:925 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:925 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:357 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:580 [ref. 31980], Stewart et al. 2015:1413 [ref. 34288], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:194 [ref. 33092]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

fraenatus, Chromis Araga [C.] & Yoshino [T.] in Masuda, Araga & Yoshino 1975:286, Pl. 96 (fig. J) [Coastal fishes of southern Japan; ref. 2902] Reef off Minabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, depth about 30 meters. Holotype: SMBL 72067 [not found at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 73391 (1) [not found at FAKU]. •Synonym of Chromis mirationis Tanaka 1917 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Tea et al. 2019:251 [ref. 36651], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis mirationis Tanaka 1917. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

fragoris, Chromis Whitley [G. P.] 1964:185, Fig. 13 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Lihou Atoll, Coral Sea. Holotype: AMS IB.4935. Paratypes: AMS IB.4936-37 (1, 27), IB.4942-43 (1, 1) •Synonym of Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871) -- (Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871). Current status: Synonym of Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

frederici, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:15 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •As nomen dubium in synonymy of Sargochromis greenwoodi (Bell-Cross 1975). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain as Sargochromis greenwoodi (Bell-Cross 1975). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

fumeus, Pomacentrus Tanaka [S.] 1917:9 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 339); ref. 4329] Fish market in Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 7278. •Valid as Chromis fumea (Tanaka 1917) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as fumeus, Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:198 [ref. 24556], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:237 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Senou et al. 1994:4 [ref. 24348], Lee & Kim 1996:30 [ref. 25726], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:922 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:922 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:364, 633 [ref. 26218] as fumeus, Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090], Ho & Shao 2011: 48 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:581 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:170 [ref. 32988], Song et al. 2013:257 [ref. 36297], Stewart et al. 2015:1414 [ref. 34288], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:81 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen & Allen 2021:81 [ref. 38731]). Current status: Valid as Chromis fumea (Tanaka 1917). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan) north to southern Korea and Chiba Prefecture (Pacific coast of Japan). Habitat: marine.

fuscomaculatus, Chromis Guichenot [A.] 1853:78, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Sagra, R. de la, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba; ref. 18164] Havana, Cuba. Holotype: MNHN A-9482. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:204 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. Originally as fusco-maculatus. •Synonym of Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:639 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes 1831). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

guentheri, Chromis Steindachner [F.] 1864:228, Pl. 8 (figs. 3-4) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 14; ref. 13938] West Africa. Syntypes: (several) NMW 32598 (?). •Synonym of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:331 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

guineensis, Chromis Günther [A.] (ex Bleeker) 1862:271, 510 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ashantee, Guinea [now in Ghana]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1849.10.9.15. Based on Bleeker account and 1 BMNH specimen (p. 510); therefore authorship regarded as Günther even though the account on p. 271 was from Bleeker. See full account in Bleeker 1863 [ref. 395]. In that account Bleeker reports the synonym Chromis guineënsis, so probably published after ref. 1969? •Valid as Tilapia guineensis (Günther 1862) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2010:2 [ref. 30890], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:276 [ref. 31064]). •Valid as Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Kidé et al. 2016:1388 [ref. 37303], Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2709 [ref. 34618], Louizi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 38351], Skelton 2019:228 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:245 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39281]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: coastal drainages from Ghana south to Congo. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

guineensis, Haligenes Bleeker [P.] 1863:41, Pl. 7 [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 2134 (largest of 2). Paralectotypes: RMNH 24404 [ex 2134] (1). Original as guineënsis. A separate of ref. 395 is dated 1862, but the date could be 1863. The separate could have been used by Günther 1862 [ref. 1969]. For authorship problems see account of Chromis guineensis. •Synonym of Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gunting, Chromis Arango [B. G.], Pinheiro [H. T.], Rocha [C. R.], Greene [B. D.], Pyle [R. L.], Copus [J. M.], Shepherd [B.] & Rocha [L. A.] 2019:3, Figs. 1a-c [ZooKeys No. 835; ref. 36621] Layaglayag point, Batangas, Philippines, 13°41'22.74"N, 120°50'12.46"E, depth 100 meters. Holotype: PNM 15357. Paratype: CAS 242328. •Valid as Chromis gunting Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha 2019 -- (Psomadakis et al. 2020:522 [ref. 37272] as cf. gunting, Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis gunting Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha 2019. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Verde Island Passage (Philippines). Habitat: marine.

hangganan, Chromis Arango [B. G.], Pinheiro [H. T.], Rocha [C. R.], Greene [B. D.], Pyle [R. L.], Copus [J. M.], Shepherd [B.] & Rocha [L. A.] 2019:6, Figs. 2a-b [ZooKeys No. 835; ref. 36621] Lubang Island, Philippines, 13°45'44.71"N, 120°07'38.31"E, depth 130 meters. Holotype: PNM 15358. Paratype: CAS 243205. •Valid as Chromis hangganan Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha 2019 -- (Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis hangganan Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha 2019. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Lubang Island (Philippines). Habitat: marine.

hanui, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & Swerdloff [S. N.] 1973:338, Figs. 6-7 [Pacific Science v. 27 (no. 4); ref. 7583] Base of drop-off, Moku Manu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 50 meters. Holotype: BPBM 7966. Paratypes: AMS I.16765-001 (2); BMNH 1972.12.5.1-2 (2); BPBM 4460 (1), 6351 (2), 7405 (40), 7931 (4), 9774 (9), 13764 (1); CAS 15913 (2); MNHN 1972-0095 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 2406 (3); USNM 208431-32 (4, 5). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:7 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis hanui Randall & Swerdloff 1973 -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Mundy 2005:426 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:305 [ref. 30952], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis hanui (Randall & Swerdloff 1973) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis hanui (Randall & Swerdloff 1973). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) endemic. Habitat: marine.

horei, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:630, Pl. 58 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4) (art. 2) (for 7 Nov. 1893); ref. 14529] Lake Tanganyika. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.1.30.13-15 (3). See Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540]. •Valid as Haplochromis horei (Günther 1893) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:131 [ref. 20956], Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven 2010:280 [ref. 31038] in 'Haplochromis'). •Valid as Ctenochromis horei (Günther 1894) -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:229 [ref. 24781], De Vos et al. 2001:130, 132 [ref. 26059] dated 1893, Kullander & Roberts 2012:362, 369 [ref. 31751], Konings 2015:223 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:237 [ref. 36983]). •Valid as Shuja horei (Günther 1894) -- (Genner et al. 2022:41 [ref. 39254], Haefeli et al. 2024:445 [ref. 40846]). Current status: Valid as Shuja horei (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Central Africa: Lake Tanganyika and proximate rivers. Habitat: freshwater.

howsoni, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2014:14, Figs. 1-5 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 11; ref. 33350] Stewart Reefs (9° 07.741’S, 149°23.039’E), about 7 km southeast of Tufi, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, depth 17-20 meters. Holotype: WAM P.33812-001. Paratypes: AMS I.46380-001 (4); WAM P.33811-001 (6), 33812-002 (4), 33088-001 (5); USNM 427095 (4). •Valid as Chromis howsoni Allen & Erdmann 2014 -- (Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis howsoni (Allen & Erdmann 2014). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis howsoni (Allen & Erdmann 2014). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay and Oro Provinces (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

humbug, Chromis Whitley [G. P.] 1954:23, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1952-53; ref. 4721] Green Island, off Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.3116. •Synonym of Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:244 [ref. 19344], Allen et al. 2006:1457 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:65 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

humilis, Chromis Steindachner [F.] 1866:763, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Angola. Holotype (unique): NMW 12532. •Valid as Haplochromis humilis (Steindachner 1866) -- (Daget et al. 1991:544 [ref. 20942]). Current status: Valid as Haplochromis humilis (Steindachner 1866). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

hypsilepis, Heliastes Günther [A.] 1867:66 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 20 (no. 115); ref. 1988] New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1866.6.19.10 (1), 1866.6.19.15-16 (2). Original genus should have been Heliases. •Valid as Chromis hypsilepis (Günther 1867) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:198 [ref. 24556], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:236 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:668 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:256 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090], Allen & Gomon 2008:634 [ref. 30653], Stewart et al. 2015:1415 [ref. 34288], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis hypsilepis (Günther 1867). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: southeastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Islands, northern New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

insolatus, Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:494, Pl. 137 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Martinique Island, West Indies. Holotype: MNHN 0000-8160. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:17 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis insolata (Cuvier 1830) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:211 [ref. 22802], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:389 [ref. 14275] as insolatus, Robins & Ray 1986:197 [ref. 23100] as insolatus, Lloris & Rucabado 1990:847 [ref. 15959] as insolatus, Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Boschung 1992:151 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:385 [ref. 23827], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:285 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:114 [ref. 26784], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1696 [ref. 27102], Smith et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:494 [ref. 28815], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:61 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], McFarland et al. 2020:127 [ref. 38036], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:70 [ref. 39585], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis insolata (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

insulindicus, Chromis Bleeker [P.] 1876:390 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 10; ref. 452] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6514. •Synonym of Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

intercrusma, Chromis Evermann [B. W.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1917:119, Pl. 11 (fig. 3) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 95; ref. 1284] Guanape North Island, Peru. Holotype: USNM 77665 [not 77590]. Paratypes: USNM 77590 (3). •Valid as Chromis intercrusma Evermann & Radcliffe 1917 -- (Greenfield & Woods 1980:637 [ref. 5581], Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:299 [ref. 24555], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:166 [ref. 40816]). •Valid as Azurina intercrusma (Evermann & Radcliffe 1917) -- (Tang et al. 2021:274 [ref. 38308], Bensted-Smith et al. 2023:612 [ref. 40605]). Current status: Valid as Azurina intercrusma (Evermann & Radcliffe 1917). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Cabo Blanco (Peru) south to Tarapaca (Chile), including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

iomelas, Chromis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:292 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51743 (1 of 2). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8723 (2), USNM 51743 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. Spelled isomelas by Fowler & Silvester 1922:121 [ref. 15447]. •Valid as Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Randall et al. 1990:259 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:259 [ref. 25919], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:581 [ref. 31980], Randall & DiBattista 2013:11 [ref. 32432], Allen & Erdmann 2020:112 [ref. 37716], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan & Seale 1906). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (France). Habitat: marine.

isharae, Dascyllus Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:67, Fig. 2 [Transactions of the Pacific Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. v. 1; ref. 3937] Amami-Oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZIN 23289. •Synonym of Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

jallae, Chromis Boulenger [G. A.] 1896:1 [Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino v. 11 (no. 260); ref. 14600] Kazungula, Upper Zambesi River, Zambia. Holotype (unique): MZUT 1160. Type catalog: Tortonese 1940:144 [ref. 21559]. •Valid as Tilapia jallae (Boulenger 1896) -- (Daget et al. 1991:544 [ref. 20942]). •Synonym of Pharyngochromis acuticeps (Steindachner 1866) -- (Greenwood 1992:39 [ref. 21075]). Current status: Synonym of Pharyngochromis acuticeps (Steindachner 1866). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

japonica, Perca Bloch [M. E.] 1792:88, Pl. 311 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 14630 (dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:120 [ref. 24282]. On p. 77 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. •Apparently a senior synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Paepke 1999:120 [ref. 24282]). •Nomen oblitum -- (Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:202 [ref. 33092]). •In the synonymy of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

javanicus, Glyphisodon van Hasselt [J. C.] in Bleeker 1877:156 [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 3) v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 454] Java, Indonesia. •Synonym of Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis cinerascens (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

johnstoni, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:622, Pl. 54 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Fort Johnston, Malawi. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1893.11.15.6. •Valid as Placidochromis johnstoni (Günther 1894) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:116 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:379 [ref. 20944], Konings 2016:298 [ref. 34521]). •Mention -- (Snoeks & Manuel 2004:83 [ref. 28112]). Current status: Valid as Placidochromis johnstoni (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe, and upper Shiré River. Habitat: freshwater.

jubauna, Chromis Moura [R. L. de] 1995:91, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 21 (no. 3/4) [for 1994]; ref. 21617] Laje de Santos Island, 24°19'S, 46°11'W, São Paulo State, Brazil, depth 18 meters. Holotype: MZUSP 44631. Paratypes: MZUSP 44632-35 (1, 1, 1, 1), 44636-37 (1, 1), 44638-40 (1, 1, 1), 46031-33 (1, 1, 1). •Mention as Chromis jubauna Moura 1995 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:285 [ref. 25013]). •Valid as Chromis jubauna Moura 1995 -- (Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:91 [ref. 27192], Pinheiro et al. 2015:23 [ref. 34324], McFarland et al. 2020:127 [ref. 38036], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418], Carvalho-Filho 2023:194 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Chromis jubauna Moura 1995. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: southeastern Caribbean Sea south to Santa Catarina (Brazil). Habitat: marine.

katoi, Chromis Iwatsubo [H.] & Motomura [H.] 2018:29, Figs. 1-2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 24 (no. 1); ref. 35995] Off Eigo, Hachijo Island, Izu Islands, Japan, 33°08'N, 139°44'E, depth 18 meters. Holotype: KAUM-I. 200400. Paratypes: KAUM-I. •Valid as Chromis katoi Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018 -- (Sonoyama et al. 2020:81 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis katoi Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Sea of Japan and Izu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

kennensis, Chromis Whitley [G. P.] 1964:182, Fig. 12 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Kenn Reef, Coral Sea. Holotype: AMS IB.4973. •Synonym of Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara 1960 -- (Randall et al. 1990:258 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:357 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:339 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090]). •Valid as Chromis kennensis Whitley 1964 -- (Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:194 [ref. 33092], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018:28 [ref. 35995], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis kennensis Whitley 1964. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwest Pacific Ocean: Coral Sea, Lord Howe Island, eastern Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

kirkii, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:624, Pl. 56 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa] or Upper Shire River. Lectotype: BMNH 1893.11.15.7. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1893.11.15.8 (1), 1893.11.15.12-14 (3). Lectotype selected by Eccles & Trewavas 1989:43 [ref. 13547]. •Valid as Protomelas kirkii (Günther 1894) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:42 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:388 [ref. 20944], Konings 2016:293 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Protomelas kirkii (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi and upper Shiré River. Habitat: freshwater.

klunzingeri, Chromis Whitley [G. P.] 1929:244 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4666] King George Sound, 35°03'S, 117°57'E, Western Australia. Syntypes: SMNS 2556 (2), 2630 (1), 2690 (7). Type catalog: Fricke 1995:18 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:54-55 [ref. 29864]. Based on Heliastes hypsilepis of Klunzinger 1879:398 [ref. 2624]. •Valid as Chromis klunzingeri Whitley 1929 -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Gomon et al. 1994:669 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:256 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090], Allen & Gomon 2008:635 [ref. 30653], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis klunzingeri Whitley 1929. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Recherche Archipelago north to Houtman Abrolhos Islands (southern Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

lapidifera, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:16, Pl. 12 (fig.1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Falls of the Rio Araguaya [= Araguaia], Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8321 (dry). Original genus should have been Chromis. Name spelled lapidifera in text (pp. viii and 16) and index (p. 108); lapidifer in figure caption and list of figures (p. xi). A neotype (BMNH 1970.10.28.58) was designated by Gosse 1971:5 [ref. 7679] but Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862] report that the type is extant; the Code calls for submission to the ICZN for a ruling as to whether the neotype is or is not to be retained. •Valid as Retroculus lapidifer (Castelnau 1855) -- (Gosse 1971:4 [ref. 7679], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061], Landim et al. 2015:378 [ref. 33850], Koerber et al. 2022:69 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Retroculus lapidifer (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

lateristriga, Chromis Günther [A.] 1864:312 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2); ref. 1979] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.9.59 (skin). •Valid as Maravichromis lateristriga (Günther 1864) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:215 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:255 [ref. 20944]). •Valid as Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther 1864) -- (Konings 2016:302 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

latus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1862:271 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] West Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.2.22.19. For authorship problems see account of Chromis guineensis. •Questionably a synonym of Tilapia guineensis (Günther 1862) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:489 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:758 [ref. 21590]). •Questionably a synonym of Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862). Current status: Uncertain as Coptodon guineensis (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lepidolepis, Chromis Bleeker [P.] 1876:389 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 10; ref. 452] Timor [Kupang, western Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, Timor Sea, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6515. •Valid as Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker 1876 [often seen as 1877] -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:259 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:259 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:372 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:921 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:921 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:581 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:263 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:135 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands, Line Islands (Kiribati), Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

lepidostethicus, Siphonochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1946:145, Figs. 13-14 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72010. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

lepisurus, Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:498 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] New Guinea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8254 (4). Type information: Bauchot et al. 1978:18 [ref. 20862]. Spelled lepidurus in early literature. On Official Index (Opinion 1563) for purposes of priority but not homonymy. •Synonym of Chromis caerulea (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

lethrinus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:622, Pl. 55 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Upper Shire River at Fort Johnston, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1893.11.15.15. •Valid as Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther 1894) -- (Eccles & Lewis 1978:3 [ref. 7012], Eccles & Trewavas 1989:122 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:235 [ref. 20944], Ngatunga & Snoeks 2004:257 [ref. 28115], Konings 2016:369 [ref. 34521], Turner et al. 2023:526 [ref. 40302]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lakes Malawi and Malombe and upper Shiré River. Habitat: freshwater.

leucurus, Chromis Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:620, Pl. 77 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Avau Channel, between Maui Island and Lanai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3875, depth 34-65 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51587. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8623 (1), USNM 51660 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chromis leucura Gilbert 1905 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441] as leucurus, Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Fricke 1999:372 [ref. 24106], Randall 2001:96 [ref. 25124], Nakabo 2000:927 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:927 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830] dated 1903, Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:359 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:426 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:305 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:582 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:264 [ref. 35805], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:136 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis leucurus (Gilbert 1905) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Galbraith et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40930] as leucura). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis leucurus (Gilbert 1905). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

levaillantii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:16 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Serranochromis angusticeps (Boulenger 1907) -- (Skelton & Teugels 1991:442 [ref. 20962]). Current status: Synonym of Serranochromis angusticeps (Boulenger 1907). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

limbatus, Heliases Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:511 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Madeira. Holotype: MNHN 0000-1377. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:18 [ref. 20862]. •Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:846 [ref. 15959]). •Valid as Chromis limbata (Valenciennes 1833) -- (Edwards 1986:194 [ref. 9152], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Arruda 1997:93 [ref. 24952], Santos et al. 1997:94 [ref. 23531], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2722 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:279 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:237 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418], Fermon et al. 2022:251 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:193 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis limbata (Valenciennes 1833). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Invasive in southern Brazil. Habitat: marine.

limbaughi, Chromis Greenfield [D. W.] & Woods [L. P.] 1980:627, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1980 (no. 4); ref. 5581] Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico, depth 24.4-30.5 meters. Holotype: SIO 61-233. Paratypes: BMNH 1978.11.7.3-6 (4); BPBM 22427 (4); CAS 42068 (4); FMNH 83863 (6), 84730 (1), 84731-35 (5); LACM 37928-1 (3); SIO 53-178 (2), 60-147 (1), 61-233 (13), 61-272 (28), 61-277 (31 or 32), 61-280 (42); USNM 219029 (4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:24 [ref. 12367] as 12 specimens from 3 localities. •Valid as Chromis limbaughi Greenfield & Woods 1980 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Allen & Robertson 1994:188 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1400 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:262 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:166 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:134 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:174 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis limbaughi Greenfield & Woods 1980. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico), Gulf of California (Mexico), and Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:50, Pl. 3 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Pangasinan Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89953. Paratypes: USNM 93530 (1). •Valid as Chromis lineata Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:582 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis lineatus (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Tang et al. 2021:275 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis lineatus (Fowler & Bean 1928). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Australia) and Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, south to northern Great Barrier Reef (Australia) and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Chromis Cadenat [J.] 1950:669, Fig. [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 21 (no. 6); ref. 12939] Senegal. Syntypes: (19) MNHN 1950-0073 [ex IFAN] (3). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:7 [ref. 20862]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chromis lineatus Fowler & Bean 1928, replaced by Chromis cadenati Whitley 1951. Wrongly considered valid by Lloris & Rucabado 1990:848 [ref. 15959]. •Synonym of Chromis cadenati Whitley 1951 -- (Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2720 [ref. 34618]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chromis cadenati Whitley 1951. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

livingstonii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:13 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

lubbocki, Chromis Edwards [A. J.] 1986:184, Figs. 1, 2d [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 60 (no. 12); ref. 9152] Porto da Faja, Brava Island, Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic. Holotype: BMNH 1982.4.2.17. Paratypes: BMNH 1982.4.2.16 (1), 1982.4.2.18-20 (1, 1, 1); INIP 5053 (1), 5316 (1), uncat. (1); RMNH 29211-12 (1, 1), 29542 (1). •Valid as Chromis lubbocki Edwards 1986 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2723 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis lubbocki Edwards 1986. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands endemic. Habitat: marine.

macrocephalus, Chromis Bleeker [P.] in Günther 1862:273 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 4916. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24405 [ex RMNH 4916] (1). Quoted directly from Bleeker in litt., author is therefore Bleeker. Appeared in Bleeker 1863 [ref. 395] as Melanogenes macrocephalus. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1963:48, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [ref. 21734]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrocephalus, Melanogenes Bleeker [P.] 1863:36, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 4916. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24405 [ex RMNH 4916] (1). Appeared first and dates to Bleeker in Günther 1862 as Chromis macrocephalus; Bleeker 1863 is therefore preoccupied and objectively invalid. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:766 [ref. 21590]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrochir, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1854:346 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5117] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH (1 of 10). •Synonym of Chromis analis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis analis (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

macrolepidota, Cichla Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:339 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Nagasaki (Japan). New name for Perca japonica Bloch. Earlier see Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Paepke 1999:120 [ref. 24282]). •Synonym of Chromis japonica (Bloch 1790) -- (Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:202 [ref. 33092]). •In the synonymy of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

magdalenae, Chromis Lortet [L.] 1883:146, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon v. 3; ref. 14341] Lakes Hula and Tiberias [Galilée], Israel; lakes east of Damascus (Syria). Syntypes: BMNH 1898.12.5.1-2 (2) (Damascus, Syria), 1898.12.5.3-4 (2) (Damascus, Syria); MCZ 25533 (1) (Damascus, Syria); MHNG 611.21 (2); MNHN 1883-1139 (1) (Israel); SMF 187 (1); SMNS 3187 (1, lost) (Bahret-el-Hidjane near Damascus, Syria); USNM 48023 (1) (Syria). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868] with 83-1139 as holotype, Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862], Weber 1998:12 [ref. 32707], Fricke 1995:9 [ref. 28100] with date as 1878, Fricke 2005:27 [ref. 29864] with date as 1878. Composite species; usage of species name here restricted to Syrian populations, based on BMNH syntypes; lectotype selection needed. •Synonym of Tristramella simonis (Günther 1864), but a valid subspecies -- (Krupp & Schneider 1989:403 [ref. 13651] with question, Snoeks & Teugels 1991:520 [ref. 20951]). •Valid as Tristramella magdalenae (Lortet 1883) -- (Trewavas 1942:535 [ref. 4452], Çiçek et al. 2023:468 [ref. 40601], Saad et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:335 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Tristramella magdalenae (Lortet 1883). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Middle East: swamps and pools in Damascus area (Syria). Hula Lake and Lake Kinneret (Israel) (there extinct). Habitat: freshwater.

mamatapara, Chromis Shepherd [B.], Pinheiro [H. T.], Phelps [T. A. Y.], Easton [E. E.], Pérez-Matus [A.] & Rocha [L. A.] 2020:327, Figs. 1-3 [Copeia v. 108 (no. 2); ref. 37520] Rapa Niu, Easter Island, Chile, Hanga Piko, 27°9'12"S, 109°26'52"W, depth 90 meters. Holotype: CAS 247107. Paratypes: CAS 247108 (1), USNM 447900 (1). •Valid as Chromis mamatapara Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Easton, Pérez-Matus & Rocha 2020 -- (Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis mamatapara Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Easton, Pérez-Matus & Rocha 2020. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island (Chile). Habitat: marine.

margaritifer, Chromis dimidiatus Fowler [H. W.] 1946:140, Figs. 9-10 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72008. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis margaritifer Fowler 1946 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:259 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:236 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Senou et al. 1994:4 [ref. 24348], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:259 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:926 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:96 [ref. 25124], Nakabo 2002:926 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:359 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:582 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Myoung et al. 2014:21 [ref. 36302], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2020:112 [ref. 37716], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler 1946) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler 1946). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Island and Christmas Island (Australia) east to Line Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Korea and Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

marginatus, Heliases Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:9, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8221 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:18-19 [ref. 20862]. Name spelled marginata in text, list of figures, and index, marginatus in figure caption; Heliases is masculine so marginatus is correct. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Heliazes [sic] marginatus Valenciennes 1843; not replaced. •Synonym of Chromis multilineata (Guichenot 1853) -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Moura 1995:93 [ref. 21617], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:285 [ref. 25013], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2724 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853) -- (Carvalho-Filho 2023:193 [ref. 40480]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

marginatus, Heliazes Valenciennes [A.] 1843:27 [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Syntypes: MNHN A-0148 (2, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:18 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Heliases. •Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:424 [ref. 7193], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:846 [ref. 15959]). •Synonym of Chromis limbata (Valenciennes 1833) -- (Edwards 1986:194 [ref. 9152], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis limbata (Valenciennes 1833). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

mediteranea, Chromis Cloquet [H.] 1817:147 (v. 9) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] •Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

megalopsis, Chromis Allen [G. R.] 1976:136, Fig. 1 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 4 (pt 2); ref. 7329] About 40 nautical miles west of Bernier Island, 24°59'S, 112°27'E, Western Australia, depth 71 fathoms. Holotype: WAM P.25207-001. Paratypes: WAM P.22343-001 (1). Type information: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. Misspelled megalopis in caption to Fig. 1. •Valid as Chromis megalopsis Allen 1976 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344]). •Synonym of Chromis mirationis Tanaka 1917 -- (Allen 1993:25 [ref. 20780], Allen 1999:99 [ref. 23870], Allen & Adrim 2000:51 [ref. 25052], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2008:203 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2009:122 [ref. 30466], Tea et al. 2019:251 [ref. 36651], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis mirationis Tanaka 1917. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

menzalensis, Chromis Mitchell [J. C.] 1895:50, Pl. 3 [fourth plate, unnumbered] [Edible fishes of lake Menzaleh; ref. 14586] Lake Menzaleh, Egypt. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.10.24.3-8 (6). Described without scientific name on p. 13, name appears only on plate caption on p. 50 of Mitchell 1895 [ref. 14586]. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

meridiana, Chromis Greenfield [D. W.] & Woods [L. P.] 1980:634, Fig. 7 [Copeia 1980 (no. 4); ref. 5581] Isla San Felix, off Chile, 26°17'30"S, 80°5'40"W, depth 9.1-12.2 meters. Holotype: FMNH 75774. Paratypes: BMNH 1978.11.7.7-10 (4); BPBM 22426 (2); CAS 42069 (2); FMNH 70829 (7); SIO 65-626 (14), 65-629 (32); USNM 219030 (4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:24 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Chromis meridiana Greenfield & Woods 1980 -- (Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Pequeño 1998:90 [ref. 24567], Pequeño & Lamilla 2000:434 [ref. 24906], Dyer & Westneat 2010:608 [ref. 31446], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Azurina meridiana (Greenfield & Woods 1980) -- (Tang et al. 2021:273 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Azurina meridiana (Greenfield & Woods 1980). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Desventuradas Islands (Chile), possibly Juan Fernandez Islands. Habitat: marine.

microcephalus, Chromis Günther [A.] (ex Bleeker) 1862:272 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ghana. Lectotype: RMNH 4831. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.281 (2). See Boeseman 1963:48, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [ref. 21734] for figured possible syntype. Lectotype selected by Trewavas 1983:48 [ref. 20940]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:766 [ref. 21590]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microstomus, Chromis Lortet [L.] 1883:139, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon v. 3; ref. 14341] Lake Tiberias [Galilée], Israel. Lectotype: MGHN 3077. Paralectotypes: ?MCZ 25549 (2); MGHN 3074-77 (2, 7, 6, 8); USNM 48016 (1). Lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651]; some of the original syntypes are Tilapia zilli. •Synonym of Tilapia galilaea (Lortet 1883) -- (Goren 1974:102 [ref. 7502]). •See Neumann et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31163]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:429 [ref. 20954], Çiçek et al. 2024:335 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mirationis, Chromis Tanaka [S.] 1917:8 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 339); ref. 4329] Off Goto Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, 31°27'-31°33'N, 125°52'-126°57'E. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 3267. •Valid as Chromis mirationis Tanaka 1917 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:523, 695 [ref. 8056], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Nakabo 2000:924 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:924 [ref. 26193], Shinohara et al. 2005:436 [ref. 28370], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2009:122 [ref. 30466], Larson et al. 2013:170 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:173 [ref. 35490], Tea et al. 2019:251 [ref. 36651], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis mirationis Tanaka 1917. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Korea and Japan to Australia. Habitat: marine.

miyakeensis, Chromis Moyer [J. T.] & Ida [H.] 1976:189 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 22 (no. 4); ref. 8801] Igaya Bay, Miyake-jima, Izu Islands, Japan, depth 14 meters. Holotype: ZUMT 53957. Paratypes: BPBM 19703-05 (1, 1, 1); FSKU 751005 (1), 751013 (1); ZUMT 53958-59 (1, 1). •Synonym of Chromis notatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843), but a valid subspecies -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:925 [ref. 25182] as notata, Nakabo 2002:925 [ref. 26193] as notata). •Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:194 [ref. 33092], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

moffatii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:16 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Kuruman River, tributary of Orange River, South Africa. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber 1897) subspecies dispersus (Trewavas 1936) -- (Skelton 1991:396 [ref. 20950]). •Synonym of Tilapia sparrmanii Smith 1840 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:501 [ref. 20943], Seegers 1996:327 [ref. 23725]). Current status: Synonym of Tilapia sparrmanii Smith 1840. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

monochroma, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 2004:18, Fig. 1 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 28059] Near Maumere, Flores, Indonesia, about 8°39'S, 122°18'E, depth 53 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34070. Paratypes: CAS 219161 (1), USNM 376248 (1), WAM P.32461-001 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis monochroma Allen & Randall 2004 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2008:207 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2012:583 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis monochroma Allen & Randall 2004. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Flores (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

mossambicus, Chromis (Tilapia) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:681 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Zambezi River, Mozambique [East Africa]. Syntypes: BMNH [ex Peters] 1861.5.2.58-59 (2), FMNH 54267 [ex CM 2898] (2) Mosambique; ZMB 2805-06 (2, 1), 16035 (3), 31564 (15). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:24 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Tilapia mossambica (Peters 1852) -- (Lee et al. 1980:774 [ref. 22416], Uyeno & Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:190 [ref. 6441], Wang 1984:105 [ref. 22951], Yu & Zhou in Kuang et al. 1986:256 [ref. 26639], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:415 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters 1852) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:236 [ref. 20075], Indra 1991:242 [ref. 24005]). •Valid as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) -- (Trewavas 1981:42 [ref. 39520], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Heemstra 1986:670 [ref. 5660], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:534 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:89 [ref. 25561], Page & Burr 1991:334 [ref. 18983], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:325 [ref. 20954], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:887 [ref. 20764], Allen et al. 1992:301 [ref. 21400], Indra 1993:189 [ref. 24009], Kottelat et al. 1993:123 [ref. 23448], Rema Devi 1993:359 [ref. 24007], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:250 [ref. 24017], Skelton 1993:325 [ref. 24071], Indra 1994:423 [ref. 24015], Zhu 1995:171, 205 [ref. 25213], Arthington & Cadwallader in McDowall 1996:179 [ref. 22909], Arun et al. 1996:103 [ref. 24725], Rainboth 1996:192 [ref. 22772], Rema Devi et al. 1996:142 [ref. 24021], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Zacharias et al. 1996:41 [ref. 25526], Cheng & Zhou 1997:310 [ref. 26385], Martin-Smith & Tan 1998:592 [ref. 23647], Manimekalan 1998:441 [ref. 24989], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Fricke 1999:362 [ref. 24106], Hay et al. 1999:42 [ref. 40428], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:158 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:173 [ref. 24760], Rema Devi et al. 1999:163 [ref. 24758], Fuller et al. 1999:439 [ref. 25838], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703] as mossambica, Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:916 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:73 [ref. 25191], Matsuura et al. 2000:215 [ref. 26000], Rafique 2000:327 [ref. 25220], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319] as mossambica, Allen et al. 2000:159 [ref. 27467] as mossambica, Arunachalam et al. 2001:129 [ref. 25692] as mossambica, Sakai et al. 2001:102 [ref. 25693], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Wang et al. 2001:240 [ref. 26566], Skelton 2001:325 [ref. 27406], Allen et al. 2002:370 [ref. 25930], Keith et al. 2002:118 [ref. 31473], Nakabo 2002:916 [ref. 26193], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26359] as mosambica, Moyle 2002:417 [ref. 26449], Lim et al. 2002:86 [ref. 28310], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], Mirza 2003:24 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:24 [ref. 27711] as mossambica, Seegers et al. 2003:44 [ref. 28087], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:209 [ref. 28183], Grinang & Lim 2004:292 [ref. 28551], Mundy 2005:421 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1437 [ref. 29081], Shrestha 2008:220 [ref. 29923], Allen et al. 2008:196 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2009:77 [ref. 30213], Scharpf 2009:9 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:266 [ref. 31114], Matamoros et al. 2009:21 [ref. 31241], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page & Burr 2011:612 [ref. 31215], Marshall 2011:244 [ref. 31755], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Gurung et al. 2013:4885 [ref. 32969] as mossambica, Kottelat 2013:374 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:171 [ref. 34464], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Fricke et al. 2014:111 [ref. 33932], Morgan et al. 2014:43 [ref. 36567], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:59 [ref. 33341], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:337 [ref. 34894], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Miesen et al. 2016:91 [ref. 34492], Zhang et al. 2016:213 [ref. 34477], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172] as mossambica, Fricke et al. 2018:251 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:112 [ref. 36273], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:387 [ref. 35886], Suresh et al. 2018:276 [ref. 36495], Wilkinson & Tan 2018:602 [ref. 36226], Reiner 2019:234 [ref. 38139], Dyldin et al. 2020:100 [ref. 37569], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347] as mossambica, Rodrigues-Silva et al. 2021:151 [ref. 38097], Taki et al. 2021:368 [ref. 39830], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39506], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Kosygin et al. 2022:671 [ref. 40736], Angulo et al. 2023:53 [ref. 40676], Chan et al. 2023:145 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:466 [ref. 40601], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:216 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:164 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:137 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40816], Çiçek et al. 2024:333 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southeastern Africa. Introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

multicolor, Chromis Schöller [C. H.] 1903:206 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 14 (no. 15); ref. 15044] Lake Mareotis, Egypt. Syntypes: NMW 80461 (3) or ZMB 16091 (3). Figured in Schöller 1903:185 [ref. 34717]. Appeared later in 1903 in Hilgendorf 1903 [ref. 18293] as Paratilapia multicolor. •Valid as Hemihaplochromis multicolor (Schöller 1903) -- (Greenwood 1965:348 [ref. 20617], Greenwood 1973:226 [ref. 7566]). •Valid as Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor (Schöller 1903) -- (Skelton 1991:397 [ref. 20950], De Vos et al. 2001:132 [ref. 26059], Seegers et al. 2003:45 [ref. 28087], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036], Katongo et al. 2017:181 [ref. 35163], Akoth et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor (Schöller 1903). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

multifasciatus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1903:333, Pl. 31 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 18 Nov. 1902); ref. 2021] Lake Busum-chi [Bosumtwi], Ghana. Syntypes: BMNH 1903.4.24.42-51 (orig. 15, now 14); USNM 50954 (1), 86647 (1). •Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:430 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:773 [ref. 21590], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023]). •See Neumann et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31163]. Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

multilineatus, Heliases Guichenot [A.] 1853:76, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Sagra, R. de la, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba; ref. 18164] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8222 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:19 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Chromis multilineata (Guichenot 1853) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:211 [ref. 22802], Edwards 1986:197 [ref. 9152], Robins & Ray 1986:197 [ref. 23100] as multilineatus, Edwards & Glass 1987:644 [ref. 9166], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Cervigón 1992:385 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:357 [ref. 24474], Moura 1995:93 [ref. 21617], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:285 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:76 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:114 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1699 [ref. 27102], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:91 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:495 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:78 [ref. 36155], Wirtz et al. 2007:36 [ref. 30263] dated 1855, Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:61 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:23 [ref. 34324], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2724 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Spier et al. 2018:15 [ref. 36103], Brown et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36444], Reiner 2019:237 [ref. 38139], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:257 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:70 [ref. 39585], Fermon et al. 2022:251 [ref. 39448], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). •Valid as Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Carvalho-Filho 2023:193 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:160 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea and Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Brazil); southern-central Atlantic: Ascension and Saint Helena islands; eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

natalensis, Chromis Weber [M.] 1897:147 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 10; ref. 14640] Illovo River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Holotype: ZMA 101440 [?NMW 32599]. Paratypes: ZMA 101441 (5), ?NMW 32599 (1). Type catalog: Matthes 1964:181 [ref. 19237], Nijssen et al. 1982:87 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:327 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

nebulifera, Chromis Günther [A.] 1860:318 [3] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860 (pt 2) (art. 6); ref. 18212] Río Tonto, La Raya, Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.6.17.31-33 (3). On p. 3 of separate. Masculine adjective is nebulifer. •Valid as Cichlasoma nebuliferum (Günther 1860) -- (Conkel 1993:159 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:69 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:152 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Theraps nebulifer (Günther 1860) -- (Miller 2006:375 [ref. 28615] as nebuliferus ). •Incertae sedis as 'Cichlasoma' nebuliferum (Günther 1960) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1299 [ref. 31111] as nebuliferus). •Valid as Paraneetroplus nebulifer (Günther 1860) -- (Burgess 2000:56 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061] as nebuliferus, Scharpf 2009:9 [ref. 30400] as nebuliferus, Paepke et al. 2014:46 [ref. 33351] as nebuliferus, McMahan et al. 2015:218 [ref. 33920] as nebuliferus, Říčan et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34357] as nebuliferus, Page et al. 2023:137 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paraneetroplus nebulifer (Günther 1860). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Papaloapan River basin (Atlantic Slope of Mexico). Habitat: freshwater.

ngamensis, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:13 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original as N'gamensis; change mandatory. Original genus should have been Chromis. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

niger, Chaetodon Nardo [G. D.] 1824:234 [Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti. (series 2) v. 7; ref. 3144] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Mention -- (Monod 1973:423 [ref. 7193]). •Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Nardo 1827:32, 38 [ref. 3146], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis chromis (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

nigroanalis, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:49, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 2); ref. 14252] Cave, 25 kilometers south of Malindi, Watamu National Marine Reserve, Kenya, depth 25 meters. Holotype: BPBM 27307. Paratypes: BPBM 27308 (1), CAS 63206 (1), USNM 270852 (1), WAM P.26517-006 (3). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis nigroanalis Randall 1988 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:353 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:583 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:264 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:136 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis nigroanalis Randall 1988. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Comoros and Madagascar east to Java Sea (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

nigrurus, Chromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:325, Pl. 29 (fig. I); Fig. 3 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Inhaca, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 295. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 713-722 (2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6). •Valid as Chromis nigrura Smith 1960 -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:372 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Allen & Erdmann 2012:583 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:264 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:134 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:85 [ref. 36871] as cf. nigrura, Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:136 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis nigrurus (Smith 1960) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis nigrurus (Smith 1960). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Mozambique Strait, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

nilotica, Perca Linnaeus [C.] 1758:290 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. Holotype: ?NRM LP 10. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:254 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Chromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:59 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Uyeno & Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:190 [ref. 6441], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:416 [ref. 23876], Boschung 1992:150 [ref. 23239], Gamboa Pérez 1992:321 [ref. 38704]). •Valid as Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758), valid subspecies niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fermon et al. 2022:247 [ref. 39448]). •Valid as Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:538 [ref. 25598], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Coad 1991:21 [ref. 15702], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:330 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:760 [ref. 21590], Kottelat et al. 1993:123 [ref. 23448], Skelton 1993:330 [ref. 24071], Poll & Gosse 1995:284 [ref. 24781], Coad 1995:28 [ref. 23608], Mekkawy 1995:1 [ref. 23990], Zhu 1995:172, 206 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:192 [ref. 22772], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Lee & Kim 1996:25 [ref. 25726], Cheng & Zhou 1997:309 [ref. 26385], Keith et al. 1999:102 [ref. 24548], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:173 [ref. 24760], Albertson et al. 1999:5108 [ref. 25258], Fuller et al. 1999:441 [ref. 25838], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Nakabo 2000:916 [ref. 25182], Rafique 2000:327 [ref. 25220], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131], Kottelat 2001:152 [ref. 25780], Sakai et al. 2001:102 [ref. 25693], Wang et al. 2001:241 [ref. 26566], Skelton 2001:330 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:130, 132 [ref. 26059], Kim & Park 2002:342 [ref. 25913], Moyle 2002:422 [ref. 26449], Nakabo 2002:916 [ref. 26193], Roe et al. 2002:903 [ref. 26504], Choi et al. 2003:362, 630 [ref. 26218], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], Rafique et al. 2003:98 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:24 [ref. 27265], López et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27366], Hanel 2003:65 [ref. 27894], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Seegers et al. 2003:44 [ref. 28087], Menni 2004:88 [ref. 28131], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:209 [ref. 28183], Fricke et al. 2007:92 [ref. 29533], Shrestha 2008:220 [ref. 29923], Fricke et al. 2009:77 [ref. 30213], Scharpf 2009:9 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:267 [ref. 31114], Matamoros et al. 2009:21 [ref. 31241], Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Page & Burr 2011:613 [ref. 31215], Marshall 2011:256 [ref. 31755], Angulo et al. 2013:1005 [ref. 33194], Kottelat 2013:374 [ref. 32989], McMahan et al. 2013:452 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Yoshida et al. 2013:172 [ref. 34464], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Koerber 2014:14 [ref. 33621], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Ramos et al. 2014:5 [ref. 35321], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Barbieri et al. 2015:104 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:339 [ref. 34894], Mirande & Koerber 2015:59 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:435 [ref. 34561], Koeda et al. 2016:64 [ref. 35333], Melo et al. 2016:377 [ref. 35317], Miesen et al. 2016:91 [ref. 34492], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565] as niloticus niloticus, Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2710 [ref. 34618], Zhang et al. 2016:213 [ref. 34477], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684], Labatos 2017:4 [ref. 36239] as niloticus niloticus, Bruton et al. 2018:110 [ref. 36373], Fricke et al. 2018:251 [ref. 35805], Robins et al. 2018:389 [ref. 35886], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], Ćaleta et al. 2019:184 [ref. 37026], González-Murcia et al. 2019:294 [ref. 36544], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Louizi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 38351], Ng et al. 2019:536 [ref. 36606], Skelton 2019:229 [ref. 36564], Angulo et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37425], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:6 [ref. 39606], Çiçek et al. 2020:257 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:255 [ref. 37983], Kisekelwa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Reis et al. 2020:473 [ref. 38364], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Angulo 2021:11 [ref. 38913], Bandjolu et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38801], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283], Taki et al. 2021:368 [ref. 39830], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1409 [ref. 39565], Brandão et al. 2022:209 [ref. 40464], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Esmaeili et al. 2022:489 [ref. 39253], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39506], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Koerber et al. 2022:69 [ref. 39235], Mamilov et al. 2022:102 [85] [ref. 40404], Meza-Vargas et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39566], Walsh et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39281], Akoth et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40069], Angulo et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40676], Bertaco & Azevedo 2023:3 [ref. 39997], Bertaco et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40740], Carvalho-Filho 2023:197 [ref. 40480], Chan et al. 2023:146 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:467 [ref. 40601], Çiçek et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:436 [ref. 40625], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:217 [ref. 40377], Giora & Wingert 2023:152 [ref. 41026], Jamandre 2023:164 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:137 [ref. 40505], Saad et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40501], Shumka et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40747], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759], Çiçek et al. 2024:333 [ref. 40789], Escobar Camacho et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40892] as Oreochormis niloticus). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: North and northeast Africa. Widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

niphon, Sparus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:44, 141 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:90 [ref. 20898]. Unneeded replacement name for Perca japonica Bloch 1792. •Objective synonym of Chromis japonicus (Bloch 1792). •In the synonymy of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

nitidum, Tetradrachmum Whitley [G. P.] 1928:219, Pl. 17 (fig. 3) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 4661] Hayman Island, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.1993. Paratypes: AMS IA.1994-96 (1, 1, 4). •Valid as Chromis nitida (Whitley 1928) -- (Randall et al. 1990:260 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:238 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:260 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418], Allen & Allen 2021:85 [ref. 38731]). Current status: Valid as Chromis nitida (Whitley 1928). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: central Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) south to Sydney (New South Wales, Australia), including Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

norfolkensis, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Allen [M. G.] 2021:88, Figs. 8-10 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 38; ref. 38731] Duncombe Bay, Norfolk Island, Australia, -28.999°, 167.929°, depth 18 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34255. Paratypes: BPBM, WAM. •Valid as Chromis norfolkensis Allen & Allen 2021. Current status: Valid as Chromis norfolkensis Allen & Allen 2021. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: northern Tasman Sea and southern Coral Sea region at northern New Zealand, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Islands (probably also at New South Wales, Australia). Habitat: marine.

notatus, Heliases Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:66 [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH-PISC 895 (larger of 2). Paralectotypes: RMNH 895 (smaller of 2), ZMB 2792 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 2001:331 [ref. 25566]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:71 [ref. 12876]. Preoccupied by the unused name Perca japonica Bloch 1792; declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]. •Valid as Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843), subspecies notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Nakabo 2000:925 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:33 [ref. 25799] as notatus notatus, Nakabo 2002:925 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256]). •Valid as Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as notatus, Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Lee & Kim 1996:29 [ref. 25726] as notatus, Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:193 [ref. 25480], Choi et al. 2003:364, 633 [ref. 26218], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:194 [ref. 33092], Song et al. 2013:257 [ref. 36297], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018:28 [ref. 35995], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Sonoyama et al. 2020:81 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:10 [ref. 40448]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern Vietnam, Sabah (Malaysia), southern China and Taiwan north to Korea, Japan and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.

nuchisquamulatus, Chromis Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1888:76 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1888; ref. 2168] Lake Ukerewe, Victoria Nyanza [Kagehi or Kageyi, east of Kayenze, southern shore of Lake Victoria, Mwanza district, Tanzania, 2°23'S, 33°06'E]. Lectotype: ZMB 12740. Paralectotypes: ZMB 22222 (1) [also the holotype of Ctenochromis sauvagei]. Type catalog: Seegers 2008:161, 165 [ref. 29830] with more detailed locality information. •Valid as Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus (Hilgendorf 1888) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:151 [ref. 20956], Seegers 2008:162 [ref. 29830]). Current status: Valid as Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus (Hilgendorf 1888). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Victoria and the Victoria Nile. Habitat: freshwater.

obliquidens, Chromis (Haplochromis) Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1888:76 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1888; ref. 2168] Lake Ukerewe, Victoria Nyanaza [Kagehi or Kageyi, east of Kayenze, southern shore of Lake Victoria, Mwanza district, Tanzania, 2°23'S, 33°06'E]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 12741 [not 12721]. Type catalog: Seegers 2008:170 [ref. 29830]; holotype found by him in 1986. •Valid as Haplochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf 1888) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:154 [ref. 20956], Seegers 2008:170 [ref. 29830]). Current status: Valid as Haplochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf 1888). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile. Habitat: freshwater.

oblonga, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:14 [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Tocantins, Goiás, Brazil [probably erroneous]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9485. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Species inquirenda in Cichlasoma -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:625 [ref. 27061], Rícon & Kullander 2003:794 [ref. 27259]). •Nomen dubium -- (Ottoni 2012:84 [ref. 31900]). •Synonym of Australoheros facetus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Říčan & Kullander 2008:4 [ref. 29548], Ottoni & Costa 2008:208 [ref. 29909], Ottoni et al. 2011:144 [ref. 31378] with question, Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:59 [ref. 35117]). •Valid as Australoheros oblongus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Lucena et al. 2022:55 [ref. 39823], Quintela et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40727]). Current status: Valid as Australoheros oblongus (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: small streams in the Rio Paraíba do Sul, Rio Tietê and other basins of the Rio Grande (headwaters of the Rio Paraná), upper Rio São Francisco and upper Rio Doce, Rio Guandi and Rio Macacu basins (southeastern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

obscura, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:14, Pl. 6 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Paraguassu, Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-9511 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029]). •Valid as 'Geophagus' obscurus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Argolo et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37561]). •Valid as Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048], Mattos & Costa 2018:336 [ref. 36009], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Paraguaçu River basin (Bahia State, Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

ogowensis, Chromis Günther [A.] 1896:271 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 17 (no. 100) (art. 37); ref. 14607] Ogowe River at Lambarene, Gabon. Syntypes: BMNH 1865.5.5.33-35 (3). •Synonym of Tilapia tholloni (Sauvage 1884) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:502 [ref. 20943]). •Synonym of Coptodon tholloni (Sauvage 1884) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon tholloni (Sauvage 1884). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

okamurai, Chromis Yamakawa [T.] & Randall [J. E.] 1989:299, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 36 (no. 3); ref. 17738] Okinawa Trough, 25°53.4'N, 123°59.4'E, depth 135-175 meters. Holotype (unique): BSKU 29624. •Valid as Chromis okamurai Yamakawa & Randall 1989 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Nakabo 2000:924 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:924 [ref. 26193], Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466] as okamuri, Shao et al. 2008:256 [ref. 29952], Tea et al. 2019:259 [ref. 36651], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis okamurai Yamakawa & Randall 1989. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Okinawa Trough, Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan). Habitat: marine.

oligactis, Chromis Prokofiev [A. M.] & Astakhov [D. A.] 2023:365, Fig. 1 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 63 (no. 2); ref. 40186] Islands in Nha Trang Bay or in the spratly Archipelago, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, South China Sea, 8° - 12°N, 109° - 115°E, shallow depths. Holotype (unique): IOM 03640. •Valid as Chromis oligactis Prokofiev & Astakhov 2023. Current status: Valid as Chromis oligactis Prokofiev & Astakhov 2023. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea, Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

onumai, Chromis Senou [H.] & Kudo [T.] 2007:52, Figs. 1-4 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29071] Eluanbi, Pingtung, Taiwan, 21.52'N, 120.5'E. Holotype: ASIZP 0062621. Paratypes: ASIZP 0066516 (1), 0066517 (1), 0066704 (1); BPBM 40446 (1); NMMB-P 1204 (2), 1205 (1); NSMT-P 73060 [ex. KPM-NI 8795] (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Chromis onumai Senou & Kudo 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis onumai Senou & Kudo 2007. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Taiwan north to Izu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

opercularis, Heliastes Günther [A.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:84, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.3.9.316 (right half skin). Paratypes: BMNH 1865.3.18.34 (spirits). Original genus should have been Heliases. The half skin is of the size of one specimen mentioned in the original description (pers. comm. J. Maclaine email 9/8/06). •Valid as Chromis opercularis (Günther 1867) -- (Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:333 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:206 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:584 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Motomura et al. 2017:[8] [ref. 35661], Fricke et al. 2018:264 [ref. 35805], Allen 2018:20 [ref. 35994], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:137 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis opercularis (Günther 1867). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Mozambique Channel, Seychelles and Madagascar east to western Indonesia. Replaced in Réunion and Mauritius by Chromis torquata Allen 2018. Habitat: marine.

ovalis, Chromis Steindachner [F.] 1866:761, Pl. 15 (fig. 3) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Angola. Holotype (unique): NMW 32597. •Synonym of Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber 1897) subspecies dispersus (Trewavas 1936) -- (Skelton 1991:396 [ref. 20950]). •Synonym of Tilapia sparrmanii Smith 1840 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:501 [ref. 20943], Seegers 1996:327 [ref. 23725]). Current status: Synonym of Tilapia sparrmanii Smith 1840. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

ovalis, Heliastes Steindachner [F.] 1900:176 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 37 (no. 16) (for 21 June 1900); ref. 20498] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): UMB 158 [RK UMB 4626]. Type catalog: Wahlert 1955:324 [ref. 21527]. Species later described in detail in Steindachner 1900 [or 1901]:502 [ref. 14892]; on p. 20 of separate. Technical secondary preoccupation by Chromis ovalis Steindachner 1866 was removed in 1990 by Opinion 1622. Original genus should have been Heliases. •Valid as Chromis ovalis (Steindachner 1900) -- (Randall & Follett 1989 [ref. 13575], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Mundy 2005:427 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:306 [ref. 30952], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Prokofiev & Astakhov 2023:369 [ref. 40186]). Current status: Valid as Chromis ovalis (Steindachner 1900). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Central Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) endemic. Habitat: marine.

ovatiformis, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] 1946:142, Figs. 11-12 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72009. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621]. The original spelling was ovatiformis not ovatiformes; Chromis is feminine. •Valid as Chromis ovatiformis Fowler 1946 (sometimes seen as ovatiformes) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:923 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:923 [ref. 26193], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:584 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521] as ovatiformes). •Valid as Pycnochromis ovatiformis (Fowler 1946) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis ovatiformis (Fowler 1946). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.

pacifica, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2020:104, Figs. 1-4, 6A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 35; ref. 37716] Holmes Reefs, Coral Sea, Australia, -16.4499°, 148.0014°, depth 5 - 8 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34767-002. Paratypes: BPBM, WAM. •Valid as Chromis pacifica Allen & Erdmann 2020 -- (Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann 2020) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann 2020). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Atoll, Line Islands, Pitcairn Island, Oeno Atoll, Gambier Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Rapa, Cook Islands, Phoenix Islands, Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Vanuatu, Coral Sea islands and reefs, Marshall Islands, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Yap, Wake Island, Mariana Islands and north to Ogasawara and Bonin Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

pamae, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & McCosker [J. E.] 1992:331, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 47 (no. 12); ref. 19766] Off Christian's Point, Pitcairn Island, 25°04'S, 130°06'W, depth 7.5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16905. Paratypes: AMS I.31222-001 (3); BMNH 1991.5.20.4-6 (3); BPBM 12958 (1), 13501 (4), 13681 (1), 16457 (10), 16922 (5); NSMT-P 34681 (3); USNM 316516 (4). •Valid as Chromis pamae Randall & McCosker 1992 -- (Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis pamae Randall & McCosker 1992. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: South Pacific: Pitcairn Island endemic. Habitat: marine.

paterfamilias, Chromis Lortet [L.] 1876:1197 [Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences v. 81 (1875); ref. 18453] Lake Tiberias [Galilée] at Aia-Tin, Israel. Holotype (unique): MGHN 3080. Originally as pater-familias, correction mandatory. Also appeared in "La Nature" at about same time (see Krupp & Schneider 1989:403 [ref. 13651]). •Synonym of Tristramella sacra (Günther 1865) -- (Krupp & Schneider 1989:401 [ref. 13651], Çiçek et al. 2024:336 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Tristramella sacra (Günther 1865). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pelloura, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1982:16, Figs. 1-3 [Freshwater and Marine Aquarium v. 5 (no. 11); ref. 8428] Off Coral World, Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 40 meters. Holotype: BPBM 21523. Paratypes: BPBM 27855 (2); CAS 50046 (1); MNHN 1977-0869 (2), 1982-0073 (1); USNM 231351 (1); WAM P.25523-004 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis pelloura Randall & Allen 1982 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Baranes & Golani 1993:310 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:114 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:137 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis pelloura Randall & Allen 1982. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Habitat: marine.

pembae, Chromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:323, Pl. 31 (fig. E) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Pemba Island, off Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 58. Paratypes: (3) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 2336 (?3 of 4). •Valid as Chromis pembae Smith 1960 -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:261 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:25 [ref. 23611], Randall 2001:102 [ref. 25124], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:354 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2005:94 [ref. 28410], Allen & Erdmann 2009:129 [ref. 30466], Golani & Fricke 2018:114 [ref. 36273], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:138 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis pembae Smith 1960. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Seychelles east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.

philander, Chromis (Ctenochromis) Weber [M.] 1897:148 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 10; ref. 14640] Umhlasine River, near Verulam, Natal, South Africa. Lectotype: ZMA 100175. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1935.3.21.1- 2 (2) (from Weber); NMW 32601-02 (2); ZMA 111417-21 (8, 3, 28, 1, 11). Type catalog: Matthes 1964:181-182 [ref. 19237], Nijssen et al. 1982:87 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Matthes 1964:182 [ref. 19237]. •Valid as Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber 1897) -- (Greenwood 1984:214 [ref. 5311], Skelton 1991:394 [ref. 20950], Skelton 1993:296 [ref. 24071], Seegers 1996:319 [ref. 23725] as aff. philander, Skelton 2001:296 [ref. 27406], Marshall 2011:211 [ref. 31755], Katongo et al. 2017:186 [ref. 35163], Bruton et al. 2018:92 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283], Abwe et al. 2023:32 [ref. 39992]). Current status: Valid as Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber 1897). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southern-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

philippinus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] 1918:63, Fig. 25 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70; ref. 1396] Philippines. Holotype: ANSP 47541. Paratypes: ANSP 47542-47 (6, in jar with holotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

planesi, Chromis Lecchini [D.] & Williams [J. T.] 2004:100, Figs. 3-5 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 27823] Channels off northeastern tip of Rapa Island on outer edge of deep plateau, 27°32.974'S, 144°19.123'W, depth 50-54 meters. Holotype: USNM 375192. Paratypes: MNHN 2003-2681 (2), USNM 375193 (3). •Valid as Chromis planesi Lecchini & Williams 2004 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520] as plansei, Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis planesi Lecchini & Williams 2004. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: South Pacific: Rapa Island (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

polycentra, Tilapia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:254 [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gorée, Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9372. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:225 [ref. 20868]. Probably the valid name for the northern West African cichlid species, formerly included in Chromis guineensis. •Questionably a synonym of Tilapia guineensis (Günther 1862) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:490 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:758 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Coptodon polycentra (Duméril 1861) -- (J. Freyhof pers. commun. 2/2020). Current status: Valid as Coptodon polycentra (Duméril 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: From Senegal and Gambia to the north, West Africa. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pomacentroides, Dascyllus Kendall [W. C.] & Goldsborough [E. L.] 1911:298, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 26 (pt 7); ref. 2594] Taritari, Gilbert Islands, western Pacific on the equator. Holotype: USNM 65812. •Synonym of Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker 1877 -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). •Synonym of Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1877). Current status: Synonym of Azurina lepidolepis (Bleeker 1876). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

proxima, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:14, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Río Ucayali, Mission Saraycu, Peru. Syntypes: MNHN A-9510 (1), B-3001 [ex MNHN A-9510] (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch 1791) -- (Gosse 1976:26 [ref. 7029]). •Valid as Geophagus proximus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:122 [ref. 12439], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], López-Fernández & Taphorn 2004:3 [ref. 27573], Staeck & Schindler 2006:74 [ref. 28755], Lucinda et al. 2010:42 [ref. 30771], Deprá et al. 2014:745 [ref. 33631], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Ximenes et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38836], Chuctaya et al. 2022:14 [ref. 39723]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus proximus (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

puncta, Furcaria Poey [F.] 1860:195 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Holotype or described syntype: MCZ 14664. Poey specimens: MCZ 14663 (1), 14665 (1), 14666-69 (4). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:207 [ref. 22926]. •Synonym of Chromis multilineata (Guichenot 1853) -- (Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344]). •Synonym of Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853). Current status: Synonym of Azurina multilineata (Guichenot 1853). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

punctipinnis, Ayresia Cooper [J. G.] 1863:73, Fig. 18 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3 (sig. 5); ref. 905] San Diego Bay, California, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 5227 [ex Calif. State Coll. 596]. Paratypes: USNM 5226 (1), perhaps others from San Pedro. •Valid as Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper 1863) -- (Greenfield & Woods 1980:696 [ref. 5581], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:233 [ref. 9277], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:124 [ref. 25206], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:134 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:264 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:81 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:174 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis punctipinnis (Cooper 1863). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: central California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

pura, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 2004:21, Figs. 2-3 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 28059] Pura, Alor Islands, Indonesia, 8°17.7'S, 124°22.4'E, depth 18 meters. Holotype: BPBM 37348. Paratypes: CAS 219160 (1), MNHN 2004-558, USNM 376247 (1), WAM P.32460-001 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis pura Allen & Randall 2004 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:584 [ref. 31980], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:209 [ref. 33092], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018:28 [ref. 35995], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis pura Allen & Randall 2004. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Chromis Greenfield [D. W.] & Hensley [D. A.] 1970:689, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1970 (no. 4); ref. 7742] West coast of Easter Island, between Hanga Piko and Motu Kaokao, southeastern Pacific, depth 8 meters. Holotype: USNM 205094. Paratypes: BC65-459 (1), BPBM 6691-94 (7, 5, 2, 1), FMNH 70034 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:25 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Chromis randalli Greenfield & Hensley 1970 -- (Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Randall & McCosker 1992:333 [ref. 19766], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis randalli Greenfield & Hensley 1970. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island (Chile) endemic. Habitat: marine.

rendalli, Chromis Boulenger [G. A.] 1897:915, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896 (pt 4) (art. 2); ref. 538] Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1896.10.5.9. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1896.10.5.10-11 (2). Lectotype selected by Seegers 1996:323 [ref. 23725]. •Valid as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger 1897) -- (Trewavas 1981:42 [ref. 39520], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:494 [ref. 20943], Skelton 1993:323 [ref. 24071], Poll & Gosse 1995:227, 289 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:323 [ref. 23725], Castro et al. 1998:79 [ref. 24271], Fuller et al. 1999:449 [ref. 25838], Hay et al. 1999:42 [ref. 40428], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131], Skelton 2001:323 [ref. 27406], López et al. 2002:59 [ref. 26808], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], López et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27366] as cf. rendalli, De Vos et al. 2001:130, 132 [ref. 26059] dated 1896, Seegers et al. 2003:45 [ref. 28087] dated 1896, Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:307 [ref. 28117] dated 1896, Mundy 2005:423 [ref. 28379], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:277 [ref. 31064], Marshall 2011:235 [ref. 31755] dated 1896, Dunz & Schliewen 2012:18 [ref. 31983] dated 1896, Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989], Ramos et al. 2014:5 [ref. 35321], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800]). •Valid as Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger 1897) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Mirande & Koerber 2015:59 [ref. 35117], Çiçek et al. 2015:151 [ref. 35151], Kidé et al. 2016:[20] 1388 [ref. 37303], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Konings 2016:313 [ref. 34521], Reis et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34496], Koerber et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35267], Bruton et al. 2018:86 [ref. 36373], Fricke et al. 2018:250 [ref. 35805], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Çiçek et al. 2020:257 [ref. 37644], Kisekelwa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], Reis et al. 2020:472 [ref. 38364], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Vita et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37506], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283], Brandão et al. 2022:211 [ref. 40464], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Fermon et al. 2022:245 [ref. 39448], Meza-Vargas et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39566], Abwe et al. 2023:32 [ref. 39992], Bertaco & Azevedo 2023:3 [ref. 39997], Bertaco et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40740], Çiçek et al. 2023:435 [ref. 40625], Quintela et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40727], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505], Çiçek et al. 2024:328 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger 1897). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southern-central Africa. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

reticulatus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:40 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Tifu Bay, Buru Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 89951. Paratypes: USNM 96732 (1), 98794 (1). •Synonym of Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker 1851) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker 1851). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

retrofasciatus, Chromis Weber [M.] 1913:359, Pl. 6 (fig. 5) [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Kur Islands, Siboga station 250, depth 27 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMA 111416. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:87 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Chromis retrofasciata Weber 1913 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441] as retrofasciatus, Randall et al. 1990:260 [ref. 15987] as retrofasciatus, Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:260 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:921 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:921 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:132 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1451 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:585 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis retrofasciatus (Weber 1913) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis retrofasciatus (Weber 1913). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sabah (Malaysia), Philippines and New Guinea east to Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

rivulata, Chromis Günther [A.] 1860:418 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859 (pt 3) (art. 7); ref. 18210] Andes of western Ecuador. Lectotype: BMNH 1860.6.18.13. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1860.6.18.14-16 (3); ZMB 28099 (2). Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:266 [ref. 32895] BMNH 1860.6.16.153 (1) is not part of the syntypical series -- Schindler & Morgenstern 2010:119 [ref. 31245]. Lectotype selected by Wijkmarj 2010:124 [ref. 32299]. •Valid as Aequidens rivulatus (Günther 1860) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:42 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Castro et al. 1998:79 [ref. 24271], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:609 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Andinoacara rivulata (Günther 1860) -- (Musilová et al. 2009:7 [ref. 30201], Musilová et al. 2009:131 [ref. 30601], Reis et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34496]). •Valid as Adinoacara rivulatus (Günther 1860) -- (Schindler & Morgenstern 2010:118 [ref. 31245], Wijkmark et al. 2012:124 [ref. 32299], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745] as Andinocara, Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:327 [ref. 34894], Musilová et al. 2015:339 [ref. 35426], Meza-Vargas et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39566], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:174, Valenzuela et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40815], Escobar Camacho et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40892]). Current status: Valid as Andinoacara rivulatus (Günther 1860). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Pacific slope (Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

rollandi, Chromis Whitley [G. P.] 1961:60, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1958-59; ref. 4731] Baie des Citrons, Nouméa, New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.4449. •Valid as Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley 1961) -- (Randall et al. 1990:265 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:243 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:162 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:265 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:182 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:320 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Bailey 2002:42 [ref. 26525], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:134 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:365 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1454 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:208 [ref. 30449], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:937 [ref. 26193], Allen & Bailey 2002:42 [ref. 26525], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:365 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1454 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:152 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:594 [ref. 31980] with possible subspecies, Fricke et al. 2014:118 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33797], Allen et al. 2015:80 [ref. 34110], Allen et al. 2017:12 [ref. 35595], Fricke et al. 2019:214 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38418], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:10 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley 1961). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

sahulensis, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Allen [M. G.] 2021:94, Figs. 11-13 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 38; ref. 38731] Lighthouse Bay, North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia, -21.801°, 114.121°, depth 18 meters. Holotype: WAM P.27599-010. Paratypes: BPBM, CSIRO, NTM, WAM. •Valid as Chromis sahulensis Allen & Allen 2021. Current status: Valid as Chromis sahulensis Allen & Allen 2021. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: from the vicinity of Evans Shoals, off Melville Island, Northern Territory, southward to the Shark Bay region of Western Australia, northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.

sanctaehelenae, Chromis Edwards [A. J.] in Edwards & Glass 1987:645, Figs. 2-3 [Journal of Natural History v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 9166] Lemon Valley Bay, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic, depth 5-7 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1984.7.16.141. Paratypes: BMNH 1867.10.8.58-59 (2), 1868.3.11.13 (1), 1965.12.1.87 (1), 1969.3.10.7-8 (2), 1984.7.16.142-144 (3), 1984.7.16.145-148 (4), 1985.9.18.1 (1), 1985.9.18.2 (1); USNM 277976 (4); ZMUC P56.61 (1). •Valid as Chromis sanctaehelenae Edwards 1987 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2725 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36444], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis sanctaehelenae Edwards 1987. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southern-central Atlantic: Saint Helena (U.K.) endemic. Habitat: marine.

scotochilopterus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] 1918:61, Fig. 24 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70; ref. 1396] Philippines. Holotype: ANSP 47539. Paratypes: ANSP 47540 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]. Misspelled in Zoological Record for 1918 as xotochilopterus. •Valid as Chromis scotochilopterus Fowler 1918 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830]). •Valid as Chromis scotochiloptera Fowler 1918 -- (Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:132 [ref. 27510], Allen & Erdmann 2012:585 [ref. 31980], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis scotochiloptera Fowler 1918. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

scotti, Chromis Emery [A. R.] 1968:49, Figs. 1, 3b, 4(c-d) [Copeia 1968 (no. 1); ref. 7888] 3 miles south of Alligator Light, Monroe County, Florida Keys, Florida, U.S.A., depth 16 meters. Holotype: USNM 201346. Paratypes: ANSP 108411 (2); ROM 15042 (1); UF 13968 (1), 205453 [ex UMML 5453] (1); USNM 201347 (1); plus non-type material. Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:114 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis scotti Every 1968 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Emery 1980:211 [ref. 22802], Robins & Ray 1986:198 [ref. 23100], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Boschung 1992:151 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:385 [ref. 23827], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:286 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1696 [ref. 27102], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:91 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:78 [ref. 31601], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:496 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:61 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], McFarland et al. 2020:127 [ref. 38036], Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:258 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Carvalho-Filho 2023:194 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis scotti Emery 1968. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

simonis, Chromis Günther [A.] 1864:492 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 3); ref. 13931] Lake Tiberias [Galilée], Israel. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.8.20.10. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.8.20.11 (1). Lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider 1989:403 [ref. 13651]. •Valid as Tristramella simonis (Günther 1864) -- (Goren 1974:105 [ref. 7502], Krupp & Schneider 1989:403 [ref. 13651], Snoeks & Teugels 1991:519 [ref. 20951], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Fricke et al. 2007:92 [ref. 29533], Stiassny et al. 2010:44 [ref. 31055], Bayçelebi 2020:763 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2023:469 [ref. 40601], Saad et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40501]). Current status: Valid as Tristramella simonis (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Middle East: Jordan River system (Israel). Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

simulans, Chromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:326, Fig. 4 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 60. Paratypes: not researched. •Synonym of Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344]). •Valid as Chromis simulans Smith 1960 -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

smithii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:16 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Valid species but genus uncertain -- (Daget et al. 1991:544 [ref. 20942]). •Unidentifiable -- (Bell-Cross 1975:405 [ref. 6825], and pers. comm. R. Morgenstern, 9 Apr. 2011). Nomen Dubium. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

sparmanni, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:12 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:322 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

spilurus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:89, Pl. 10 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 16 Jan. 1894); ref. 14553] Mwangaden River in northern Giriami, eastern Africa. Syntypes: (11) BMNH 1893.12.2.3-12. •Valid as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther 1894) -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:341 [ref. 20954], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Seegers et al. 2003:44 [ref. 28087] with subspecies, Kottelat 2013:374 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:251 [ref. 35805], Kisekelwa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], Jamandre 2023:164 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa: Kenya and Somalia. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

squamipinnis, Chromis Günther [A.] 1864:311 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2); ref. 1979] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.21.2-3 (2, skins), 1864.1.9.57 and 58 (2, skins), 1864.1.9.69 (1, skin), 1864.2.10.6 (1, skin), 1864.6.28.19 (6, skins). •Valid as Oreochromis squamipinnis (Günther 1864) -- (Trewavas 1981:42 [ref. 39520], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:341 [ref. 20954], Poll & Gosse 1995:289 [ref. 24781], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:288 [ref. 28117], Konings 2016:389 [ref. 34521], Ford et al. 2019:223 [ref. 36713]). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis squamipinnis (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa: Lake Malawi basin. Habitat: freshwater.

struhsakeri, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & Swerdloff [S. N.] 1973:344, Figs. 10-12 [Pacific Science v. 27 (no. 4); ref. 7583] Off Haleiwa, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 125-160 meters. Holotype: BPBM 10564. Paratypes: BMNH 1972.12.5.3 (1); BPBM 13819 (1), 13919 (1), 13821 (1); CAS 15911 (1); USNM 208433 (2). •Valid as Chromis struhsakeri Randall & Swerdloff 1973 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Mundy 2005:427 [ref. 28379], Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Randall 2007:306 [ref. 30952], Tea et al. 2019:259 [ref. 36651], Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis struhsakeri Randall & Swerdloff 1973. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

subocularis, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:621, Pl. 54 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: (9) BMNH 1893.11.15.24-31 (9), ? 1893.11.15.33 (1). •Valid as Placidochromis subocularis (Günther 1894) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:117 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:380 [ref. 20944]). •Probably better placed in the genus Mylochromis -- (Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:287 [ref. 28117]). •Valid as Mylochromis subocularis (Günther 1894) -- (Konings 2016:287 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Mylochromis subocularis (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

taenia, Chromis Bennett [E. T.] 1831:112 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16791] Near Trinidad Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.123 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Valid as Cichlasoma taenia (Bennett 1831) -- (Lasso & Machado-Allison 2000:80 [ref. 27968], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:625 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Phillip et al. 2013:22 [ref. 32896], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma taenia (Bennett 1831). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Trinidad Island and adjacent Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

tanganicae, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:630, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4) (art. 2) (for 7 Nov. 1893); ref. 14529] Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1889.1.30.7-8 (2). •Valid as Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther 1894) -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:342 [ref. 20954], Poll & Gosse 1995:221 [ref. 24781], De Vos et al. 2001:130, 132 [ref. 26059] dated 1893, Kullander & Roberts 2012:362 [ref. 31751], Konings 2015:234 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:248 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ternatensis, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1856:377 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 10; ref. 16853] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.41 (1), ?NMV 46061 (1), RMNH 6512 (1 or more of 5). •Valid as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:260 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Randall 1994:43 [ref. 21604], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:260 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:260 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:373 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:928 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:206 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:585 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:265 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:138 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Mariana Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to C. flavaxilla Randall 1994. Habitat: marine.

tetrastigma, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:623, Pl. 54 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa] and upper Shire River, southeastern Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1893.11.15.34. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1893.11.15.38-47 (14), 1893.11.15.48 (1, dry), 1897.6.9.268-269 (2). Lectotype selected by Eccles & Trewavas 1989:160 [ref. 13547]. •Valid as Otopharynx tetrastigma (Günther 1894) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:159 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:350 [ref. 20944], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:292 [ref. 28117], Cleaver et al. 2009:166 [ref. 30418], Konings 2016:303 [ref. 34521], Oliver 2018:195 [ref. 36257]). Current status: Valid as Otopharynx tetrastigma (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lakes Malawi and Malombe and upper Shiré River. Habitat: freshwater.

tholloni, Chromis Sauvage [H.-E.] 1884:196, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 9 (no. 3/4); ref. 14402] Franceville, upper Ogooué River, Gabon. Syntypes: MNHN 1884-0294 and 0295 (2), 1884-098 (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862] with 1884-298 as holotype. •Valid as Tilapia tholloni (Sauvage 1884) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:502 [ref. 20943], Stiassny et al. 2007:365 [ref. 30045], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:278 [ref. 31064]). •Valid as Coptodon tholloni (Sauvage 1884) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Kidé et al. 2016:1387 [ref. 37303], Skelton 2019:228 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39281]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon tholloni (Sauvage 1884). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Gabon to lower Congo River. Habitat: freshwater.

thumbergi, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:13 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Okovango River. Neotype: BMNH 1910.5.31.58. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. Neotype designated by Trewavas 1964:23 [ref. 3717]. •Valid as Serranochromis thumbergi (Castelnau 1861) -- (Greenwood 1984:228 [ref. 5311], Skelton & Teugels 1991:452 [ref. 20962], Skelton 1993:318 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:318 [ref. 27406], Marshall 2011:234 [ref. 31755], Bruton et al. 2018:101 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Stauffer et al. 2021:83 [ref. 38061], Abwe et al. 2023:32 [ref. 39992]). Current status: Valid as Serranochromis thumbergi (Castelnau 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southern and southern-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

tiberiadis, Chromis Lortet [L.] 1883:135, Pl. 6 [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon v. 3; ref. 14341] Lake Hula, sw Asia. Lectotype: MGHNL 3086:1. Paralectotypes: BMN 1258 (1); MCZ 25526 (1); MGHN 611.19 (1); MGHNL 3084:2 (2), 3085-86 (3, 3); SMF 1318 (1), 5413 (1); SMNS 3188 (1); ZIN 6734 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1995:9 [ref. 28100] who dates to 1878, Weber 1998:13 [ref. 32707] with syntype as MHNG 611.19 (1), Fricke 2005:27 [ref. 29864] dated 1878. Lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651]. •See Neumann et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31163]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:428 [ref. 20954], Çiçek et al. 2024:335 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tingting, Chromis Tea [Y.-K.], Gill [A. C.] & Senou [H.] 2019:251, Figs. 2-7A2 [Zootaxa 4586 (no. 2); ref. 36651] West side of Sagami Bay, east side of Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, depth 58 meters. Holotype: KPM-NI 30479. Paratypes: KPM-NI. •Valid as Chromis tingting Tea, Gill & Senou 2019 -- (Shepherd et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37520], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis tingting Tea, Gill & Senou 2019. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan and probably Korea. Habitat: marine.

torquata, Chromis Allen [G. R.] 2018:16, Figs. 1-3, 4A, 5A [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 24 (no. 1); ref. 35994] Reefs off Grand Baie, Mauritius, western Indian Ocean, approximately 19°59'S, 57°34'E, depth 30 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16352. Paratypes: BPBM. •Valid as Chromis torquata Allen 2018 -- (Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis torquata Allen 2018. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Mauritius and Réunion (western Mascarenes). Habitat: marine.

triacantha, Chromis Bowdich [S. L.] 1825:235, Fig. 52 [Fishes of Madeira; ref. 590] Gambia River. No types known. •Synonym of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:7 [ref. 36934]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: marine.

trialpha, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1981:(5) 33, Figs. 18-19 [Israel Journal of Zoology v. 29 (nos 1/3) (for 1980); ref. 8760] Ras Muhammed, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Red Sea, depth 12 meters. Holotype: BPBM 17890. Paratypes: BMNH 1977.7.18.1 (1); BPBM 17912 (5), 18257 (3), 19717 (1), 20433 (2); HUJ 8370 (1); USNM 217562 (1); WAM P.25797-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Golani 2006:29 [ref. 28840], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis trialpha Allen & Randall 1981 -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Senou & Kudo 2007 [ref. 29071], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:114 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:138 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis trialpha Allen & Randall 1981. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.

ucayalensis, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:15, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Sarayacu, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9487. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862], Kullander 1986:353 [ref. 12439]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

unimaculata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:13, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9506. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

uniocellata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:15, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Río Ucayale, Mission de Sarayacu, Peru. Syntypes: MNHN A-9481 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868]. Spelled uniocellatus in list of figures. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander 1986: [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:134 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:609 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

unipa, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2009:130, Figs. 6-7 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 15 (no. 3); ref. 30466] Tridacna Reef, 2°29.672'S, 134°58.990'E, western side of Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Barat Province, western Papua, Indonesia, western Pacific, depth 45-60 meters. Holotype: NCIP 6349. Paratypes: WAM P.33043-002 (4). •Valid as Chromis unipa Allen & Erdmann 2009 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:586 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Prokofiev & Astakhov 2023:369 [ref. 40186]). Current status: Valid as Chromis unipa Allen & Erdmann 2009. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

unipunctata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:13, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Paraguassu, Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-9505 (3). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029]). •Synonym of Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

vanbebberae, Chromis McFarland [E. P.], Baldwin [C. C.], Robertson [D. R.], Rocha [L. A.] & Tornabene [L.] 2020:120, Figs. 6A, 7-9 [ZooKeys No. 1008; ref. 38036] Substation Curaçao Downline, Bapor Kibra, Curaçao, Netherland Antilles, 12.0832, -68.8991, depth 117 meters. Holotype: USNM 446947. Paratypes: CAS, USNM, UW. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Chromis vanbebberae McFarland, Baldwin, Robertson, Rocha & Tornabene 2020 -- (Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:259 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Carvalho-Filho 2023:194 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chromis vanbebberae McFarland, Baldwin, Robertson, Rocha & Tornabene 2020. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

vanderbilti, Pycnochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1941:260, Fig. 12 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Waianae, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): ANSP 69749. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler 1941) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:261 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:238 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:261 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Francis et al. 1999:577 [ref. 24249], Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:922 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:922 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:361 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:427 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1451 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:307 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Stewart et al. 2015:1416 [ref. 34288], Motomura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521]). •Valid as Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler 1941 -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler 1941. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Philippines east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands and New Zealand, Tonga and Rapa. Habitat: marine.

velox, Chromis Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:393, Fig. 6 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 (1899); ref. 2340] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 49698. Paratypes: CAS-SU 5995 (1), 23293 (2), 23309 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82-83 [ref. 12291]. Type series apparently consists of 5 specimens (see p. 393). The figured specimen, listed as the type, can be considered as the holotype if that specimen is identifiable. •Synonym of Chromis ovalis (Steindachner 1900) -- (Randall & Follett 1989:848 [ref. 13575], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Mundy 2005:427 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis ovalis (Steindachner 1900). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

verater, Chromis Jordan [D. S.] & Metz [C. W.] 1912:526, Pl. 71 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1915); ref. 10639] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 73912. Paratypes:CAS- SU 22389 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:83 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chromis verater Jordan & Metz 1912 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Mundy 2005:428 [ref. 28379], Senou & Kudo 2007 [ref. 29071], Randall 2007:307 [ref. 30952], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis verater Jordan & Metz 1912. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

villadolidi, Chromis Jordan [D. S.] & Tanaka [S.] 1927:387, Pl. 34 (fig. 1) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 17 (nos 3-4) (12); ref. 2537] Sea of Japan, between Tsushima and Fukuoka, Kiusiu, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 59185 [ex CM 8328]. Paratypes: (5) CAS-SU 23681 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:94 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:83 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:25 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013:194 [ref. 33092], Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

virescens, Chromis Ogilby [J. D.] 1922:303, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 7; ref. 15359] Hervey Bay, southern Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: QM I.3476-79 (1, 1, 1, 1) •Synonym of Pristotis jerdoni (Day 1873) -- (Allen 1991:252 [ref. 19344]). •Synonym of Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther 1862) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1469 [ref. 29090], Parenti 2021:80 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther 1862). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Pomacentrus Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea; Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:36 [ref. 20862]. •Synonym of Chromis caerulea (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:261 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:261 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:373 [ref. 24106], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:320 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3352 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:928 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:361 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1451 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:206 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:586 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:265 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:114 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:26 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:212 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:132 [ref. 40104], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:139 [ref. 39911], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Middleton Reef, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

vorax, Chromis Pfeffer [G. J.] 1893:151 [23], Pl. 2 (figs. 9-11) [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 10; ref. 3461] Mozambique. Holotype (unique): ZMH H399. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:406 [ref. 21161] with a holotype. On p. 23 of separate. Type catalog and unneeded lectotype designation: Ladiges et al. 1958:164 [ref. 19181]. •Synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:327 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

weberi, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:41, Pl. 1 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 72713. Paratypes: (7) USNM 96955 + 98242 (4 + 3, combined). Additional material: (125) ANSP, FMNH 62625 (1), USNM. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621] and Ibarra & Stewart 1987:25 [ref. 12367] but their material we regard as non-types. Besides the designated holotype, we regard only the one lot from Panpan, Tara Island, containing 9 specimens as paratypes -- the lot designated by the authors as "Types"; all other material is considered as additional original material. •Valid as Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:261 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:237 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:50 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:261 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:261 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:929 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:193 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:929 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:132 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:332 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:361 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1451 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:586 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Fricke et al. 2018:265 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:114 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:96 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:212 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:139 [ref. 39911], Myoung et al. 2023:91 [ref. 40257]). Current status: Valid as Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Jervis Bay (A.C.T., Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

westalli, Lepicephalochromis Whitley [G. P.] 1964:180, Fig. 11 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Kenn Reef, Coral Sea. Holotype: AMS IB.4975. Paratypes: AMS IB.4946-47 (1, 13), IB.4976 (23). •Synonym of Chromis chrysurus (Bliss 1883) -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344]). •Synonym of Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883) -- (Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

westaustralis, Chromis Allen [G. R.] 1976:139, Fig. 2 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 4 (pt 2); ref. 7329] Long Island, Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos, about 28°30'S, 113°47'E, Western Australia, depth 2-8 meters. Holotype: WAM P.25317-008. Paratypes: AMS I.18475-001 (1); BMNH 1975.9.23.9 [ex WAM P.22046] (1); BPBM 19058 (2), 19059 (3), 19163 (1); USNM 214702 (2); WAM P.2789-001 (1), P.24853-001 (1), P.25307-011 (1), P.25308-006 (2), P.25317-009 (1), P.25376-002 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis westaustralis Allen 1976 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen et al. 2006:1452 [ref. 29090], Allen & Gomon 2008:635 [ref. 30653], Larson et al. 2013:170-171 [ref. 32988], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018:28 [ref. 35995], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418], Allen & Allen 2021:102 [ref. 38731]). Current status: Valid as Chromis westaustralis Allen 1976. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia and Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: marine.

williamsi, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:624, Pl. 56 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1893.1.17.6. •Valid as Pseudotropheus williamsi (Günther 1894) -- (Maréchal 1991:413 [ref. 20944], Stauffer & Kellogg 2001:146 [ref. 25895], Konings 2016:37 [ref. 34521], Stauffer et al. 2016:174 [ref. 34671], Li et al. 2016:379 [ref. 34737]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotropheus williamsi (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

woodsi, Chromis Bruner [J. C.] & Arnam [S.] 1979:50, Figs. 1-2 [Fieldiana Zoology v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 8844] Somalia coast, western Indian Ocean, 11°24'N, 61°35'E, depth 75-175 meters. Holotype: FMNH 85011. Paratypes: BPBM 21080 (1); FMNH 84998-85002 (5), 85012 (1), 85013 (now 0), 85014-16 (3), 85017-18 (0, 0), 85019-21 (3), 85022 (1); ROM 34301 (1); WAM P.26020-001 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:25 [ref. 12367], Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:32 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis woodsi Bruner & Arnam 1979 -- (Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:139 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis woodsi Bruner & Arnam 1979. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia) and Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

xanthochirus, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1851:248 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (5) ?BMNH 1861.2.28.43 (1), ?NMV 46062 (1). •Valid as Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker 1851) -- (Randall et al. 1990:262 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:262 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1452 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:587 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:117 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:212 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker 1851). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island east to Pohnpei and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

xanthopterygia, Chromis Randall [J. E.] & McCarthy [L. J.] 1988:134, Figs. 1-3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 14 (no. 4) [for 1987]; ref. 9099] Coral reef, northeastern side of Jana Island, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, depth 12 meters. Holotype: BPBM 30436. Paratypes: BMNH 1888.12.29.174-176 (3), 1986.6.24.1 (1); BPBM 21356 (2), 30308 (2), 30407 (1), 30495 (7), 31255 (1); CAS 58492 (1); NSMT-P 41766 (1); ROM 50818 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 26038 [not 26039, ex BPBM 31255] (1); USNM 278732 (1); WAM P.25786-002 (6), P.25991-006 (1), P.26460-008 (2), P.26461-005 (1), P.28787-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:32 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis xanthopterygia Randall & McCarthy 1988 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Randall 1995:261 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:196 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Eagderi et al. 2019:96 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:140 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis xanthopterygia Randall & McCarthy 1988. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

xanthurus, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1854:107 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 16924] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH.PISC 6510. •Valid as Chromis xanthura (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441] as xanthurus, Randall et al. 1990:262 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:262 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:374 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122] as xanthurus, Nakabo 2000:929 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:320 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:929 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:362 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:587 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:117 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35661], Allen 2018:20 [ref. 35994], Fricke et al. 2019:212 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis xanthura (Bleeker 1854). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Réunion (Mascarenes), Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands east to Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

xouthos, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2005:90, Figs. 1-2 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 10 (no. 3); ref. 28410] Patch reef off Teupinpineung Point, 5°47.674'N, 95°20.803'E. Palau Weh, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, depth 25 meters. Holotype: NCIP 6301. Paratypes: NCIP 6302 (1), WAM P.32757-001 (2), USNM 383523 (2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:32 [ref. 30117] as xouthus. •Valid as Chromis xouthos Allen & Erdmann 2005 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:587 [ref. 31980], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:140 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis xouthos Allen & Erdmann 2005. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen), Maldives and Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

xutha, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:54, Figs. 5-6 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 2); ref. 14252] Reef front, eastern side of Villingili Island, North Malé Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, depth 8-12 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18864. Paratypes: BMNH 1988.6.2.3-4 (2); BPBM 16395 (1), 27278 (4), 28441 (15), 32704-05 (7, 5); CAS 33135 (15); ROM 54940 (10); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27721 (2); USNM 296243 (2); WAM P.26517-001 (3). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:32 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis xutha Randall 1988 -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:355 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2018:265 [ref. 35805], Allen 2022:140 [ref. 39911]). •Synonym of Chromis agilis Smith 1960 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2020:113 [ref. 37716]). •Synonym of Pycnochromis agilis (Smith 1960). Current status: Synonym of Pycnochromis agilis (Smith 1960). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

yamakawai, Chromis Iwatsubo [H.] & Motomura [H.] 2013:209, Figs. 9-11, 12F [Species Diversity v. 18; ref. 33092] Northwest Pacific Ocean, off north west coast of Yoron-jima island, Kagoshima, Japan, 27°03'21"N, 128°24'39"E, depth 10 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 111948. Paratypes: BPBM 6880 (1), 11989 (1), 35316 (1), 19073 (2); BSKU 8513 (1), 65128 (1), 65129 (1), 65130 (1), 69938 (1); FAKU 104285 (1), 104420 (1), 61749 (1), 61753 (1), 121418 (1); FRLM 10757 (1); HMNH-P 3118 (1), 3505 (1), 4286 (1), 7486 (1); HUMZ 3455 (1), 3456 (1), 3457 (1), 3461 (1), 39070 (1), 46754 (1), 46758 (1), 48235 (1), 48567 (1), 48579 (1); KAUM-I 7211 (1), 7212 (1), 29581 (1), 31023 (1), 31024 (1), 31025 (1) 40100 (1), 40101 (1), 40161 (1), 40162, 40163 (1), 40170, 40175 (1), 40177, 40178 (1), 40181, 40183 (1), 40186, 40194 (1), 40198, 40213 (1), 40214, 40216 (1), 40217, 40129 (1), 40221; KPMNI 4686 (1), 4687 (1) 5065 (1), 5105 (1), 5106 (1), 17973 (1), 18542 (1); KSHS 15340 (1), 15341 (1), 16983 (1), 16984 (1), 16985 (1), 16986 (1); NSMT-P 3246-004 (1), 29624 (1), 30613 (1), 30811 (1), 30812 (1), 32798 (1), 90966 (1), 90967 (1), 92979 (1), 32810 (1), 105526 (1),, URM-P 907 (1), 908 (1), 909 (1), 910 (1), 911 (1), 1182 (1), 4598 (1), 11761 (1), 22905 (1), 27135 (1), 30301 (1), 31167 (1), 33815 (1), 37845 (1), 37901 (1), 38096 (1), 39899 (1), 39900 (1); WAM-P25516-016 (1); USNM 314196 (2), 364157 (1). •Valid as Chromis yamakawai Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013 -- (Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2018:28 [ref. 35995], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chromis yamakawai Iwatsubo & Motomura 2013. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Wester Pacific: Philippines and Taiwan north to Japan. Habitat: marine.