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Bony fish

Smokey Chromis

Chromis fumea

Also known as: Fawn Chromis, Puller, Smokey Puller, Yellow Demoiselle

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2017
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Overview

Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, over coral and rocky reefs, in lagoons and seaward reefs.
They feed in the water column on plankton.

Damselfish are egg layers.
First they clear a site ready for a nest, then engage in a mating dance with rapid swimming and fin movements, during this time the males will often turn a shade or two darker and may display white blotches. Spawning occurs at dawn.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, over coral and rocky reefs, in lagoons and seaward reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusChromis
    7. speciesChromis fumea (Tanaka, 1917)

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    More in the family

    Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)