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View Mode View All Pictures Species Chromis elerae Fowler & Bean    Chromis elerae was originally described as Chromis elerae by Fowler & Bean in 1928. It belongs to the family Pomacentridae and subfamily Chrominae. It is commonly known as Twinspot chromis but has many other common names such as in Australia as Twin-spot chromis, in USA (contiguous states) as Twinspot chromis, in Japan as Taiwan-suzumedai, in Papua New Guinea as Twin-spot chromis, in Guam as Twin-spot chromis. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Cocos-Keeling Islands to Micronesia and Fiji, Australia to Taiwan.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elerae AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] AuthorNI   Fowler & Bean Qualification   --- Year   1928 Status   Valid Class   --- --- Order   --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   Chrominae Chrominae Genus   Chromis Subgenus   --- --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   Chrominae Genus   Chromis Original Name   Chromis         Taxon Name   elerae Original Combination   Chromis elerae Original Genus   Chromis Original Genus Species   Chromis elerae OriginalSubGenus   Chromis Original Author   Fowler & Bean Original AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1928 Original Family   Pomacentridae Original SubFamily   Chrominae Original Level   species Type Locality   Pasacao, Ragay Gulf, Philippines. Types   Paratypes: (16) ANSP 85281 (1); USNM 98716-20 (1, 2, 1, 1, 1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   USNM 89955 Journal   Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. Citation   No. 100, v. 7 Page   52 Illustrations   Pl. 4 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Chromis elerae Current Species   elerae Current Genus   Chromis Current AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] Current AuthorNI   Fowler & Bean Current Year   1928 Current Family   Pomacentridae Current Subfamily   Chrominae Chrominae Habitat   reef-associated         Water   Salt water Habitat Notes   Inhabits cave openings and crevices of steep outer reef slopes in small aggregations (Ref. 9710). Depth Range   From 12 to 70 meters.     Distribution   Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Cocos-Keeling Islands to Micronesia and Fiji, Australia to Taiwan. Current Summary   Valid as Chromis elerae  Fowler & Bean 1928. Pomacentridae.   Name History   • 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], 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]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 11 (252 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…91011 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abrupta Chromis abrupta Randall [J. E.] 2001 Valid abyssicola Chromis abyssicola Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1985 Valid abyssus Chromis abyssus Pyle [R. L.], Earle [J. L.] & Greene [B. D.] 2008 Valid acares Chromis acares Randall [J. E.] & Swerdloff [S. N.] 1973 Valid acuticeps Chromis acuticeps Steindachner [F.] 1866 Synonym agilis Chromis agilis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960 Valid albicauda Chromis albicauda Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2009 Valid albomaculata Chromis albomaculata Kamohara [T.] 1960 Valid albomaculatus Chromis albomaculatus Kamohara [T.] 1960 Synonym alleni Chromis alleni Randall [J. E.], Ida [H.] & Moyer [J. T.] 1981 Valid alpha Chromis alpha Randall [J. E.] 1988 Valid alta Chromis alta Greenfield [D. W.] & Woods [L. P.] 1980 Valid amboinensis Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker [P.] 1871) Valid analis Chromis analis (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830) Valid andreae Chromis andreae Günther [A.] 1864 Synonym angulatus Chromis angulatus (Bleeker [P.] 1845) Not available athena Chromis athena Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2008 Valid atrilobata Chromis (Furcaria) atrilobata Gill [T. N.] 1862 Synonym atrilobata Chromis atrilobata Gill [T. N.] 1862 Valid atripectoralis Chromis atripectoralis Welander [A. D.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1951 Valid atripes Chromis atripes Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928 Valid aurata Chromis aurata Boulenger [G. A.] 1897 Synonym auratus Chromis auratus Boulenger [G. A.] 1897 Synonym aureus Chromis aureus Steindachner [F.] 1864 Synonym axillaris Chromis axillaris (Bennett [E. T.] 1831) Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 11 (252 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…91011 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…