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 !
Within the same genus
Damselfish
(Chromis chromis)
Black axil chromis
(Chromis atripectoralis)
Blue-axil chromis
(Chromis caudalis)
Blue-green chromis
(Chromis viridis)
Yellow chromis
(Chromis analis)
Within the same family
Goldback damselfish
(Pomacentrus nigromanus)
Princess damselfish
(Pomacentrus vaiuli)
Humbug damselfish
(Dascyllus aruanus)
Whitebelly damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster)
Staghorn damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon curacao)
Longfin damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
Reticulated damselfish
(Dascyllus reticulatus)
Sergeant major
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
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(Hippocampus reidi)
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(Halichoeres garnoti)
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(Anampses caeruleopunctatus)
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(Bodianus anthioides)
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(Epinephelus tauvina)
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(Epinephelus fasciatus)
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(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
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(Lachnolaimus maximus)
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(Negaprion brevirostris)
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(Diadema antillarum)
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(Pristigenys alta)
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