Sealife guideThe brown chromisChromis multilineata
Taxonomy
- Common name: Brown chromis
- French name: Castagnole brune
- Spanish name: Castañeta parda
- Scientific name: Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853)
- Family name: Pomacentridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Range
La castagnole brune fréquente les eaux tropicales de l'océan Atlantique nord-ouest et plus particulièrement celles de la mer des Caraïbes et du Golfe du Mexique.
The brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
Did you know ?
The brown chromis is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN Red List of threatened species. The brown chromis appears in the
IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Least Concern !
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Damselfish
(Chromis chromis)
Black axil chromis
(Chromis atripectoralis)
Blue-axil chromis
(Chromis caudalis)
Blue-green chromis
(Chromis viridis)
Yellow chromis
(Chromis analis)
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(Microspathodon chrysurus)
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(Chrysiptera hemicyanea)
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(Stegastes partitus)
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(Hypsypops rubicundus)
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(Pomacentrus coelestis)
Dusky damselfish
(Stegastes fuscus)
Eastern clown anemonefish
(Amphiprion percula)
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