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View Mode View All Pictures Species Chromis viridis (Cuvier 1830)    Chromis viridis was originally described as Pomacentrus viridis by Cuvier in 1830. It belongs to the family Pomacentridae and subfamily Chrominae. It is commonly known as Blue-green damselfish but has many other common names such as in Australia as Blue-green puller , in USA (contiguous states) as Bluegreen reeffish, in Papua New Guinea as Blue-green puller, in South Africa as Blue puller, in Guam as Blue-green chromis. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Middleton Reef, New Caledonia and Tonga.   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   viridis AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] AuthorNI   Cuvier Qualification   (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes Year   1830 Status   Valid Class   --- --- Order   --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   Chrominae Chrominae Genus   Chromis Subgenus   --- --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   Chrominae Genus   Chromis Original Name   Pomacentrus         Taxon Name   viridis Original Combination   Pomacentrus viridis Original Genus   Pomacentrus Original Genus Species   Pomacentrus viridis OriginalSubGenus   Pomacentrus Original Author   Cuvier Original AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] Original Qualification   (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes Original Year   1830 Original Family   Pomacentridae Original SubFamily   Chrominae Original Level   species Type Locality   Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea; Guam, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:36 [ref. 20862]. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types known Page   420 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Chromis viridis Current Species   viridis Current Genus   Chromis Current AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] Current AuthorNI   Bleeker Current Year   1830 Current Family   Pomacentridae Current Subfamily   Chrominae Chrominae Habitat   reef-associated         Water   Salt water Habitat Notes   Blue-green chromis. Depth Range   From 10 to 12 meters.     Distribution   Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Middleton Reef, New Caledonia and Tonga. Current Summary   Valid as Chromis viridis  (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae.   Name History   • 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]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy 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…