Sealife guideThe brown chromisChromis multilineata
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
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
Geographic 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 !
Within the same genus
Black axil chromis
(Chromis atripectoralis)
Blue-axil chromis
(Chromis caudalis)
Blue-green chromis
(Chromis viridis)
Damselfish
(Chromis chromis)
Yellow chromis
(Chromis analis)
Within the same family
Bleeker's damsel
(Chrysiptera bleekeri)
Blue chromis
(Azurina cyanea)
Dusky damselfish
(Stegastes fuscus)
Garibaldi
(Hypsypops rubicundus)
Reticulated damselfish
(Dascyllus reticulatus)
Sergeant major
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
Western barhead damselfish
(Neoglyphidodon thoracotaeniatus)
Whitebelly damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster)
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(Corythoichthys nigripectus)
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(Amblyeleotris yanoi)
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(Centropyge loriculus)
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(Larabicus quadrilineatus)
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(Mycteroperca microlepis)
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(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
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(Canthigaster margaritata)
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(Artedius harringtoni)
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(Mycteroperca microlepis)
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(Condylactis gigantea)
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(Chelonia mydas)
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(Scarus coelestinus)
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(Bothus lunatus)
Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)
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(Opistognathus aurifrons)
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