Chromis cinerascens

Chromis cinerascens, the green puller, is a diurnal species of damselfish belonging to the genus Chromis. It can be found in the Indo-West Pacific region, in Sri Lanka, Maldives, the Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, East Timor, Brunei Darussalam, North-western Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.[2] It inhabits coral reefs. It is oviparous, and the males of the species guard and aerate the eggs.[3]

Chromis cinerascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chromis
Species:
C. cinerascens
Binomial name
Chromis cinerascens
(Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms

Heliases cinerascens Cuvier, 1830
Glyphisodon angulatus Bleeker, 1845 Chromis insulindicus Bleeker, 1877
Glyphisodon javanicus van Hasselt, 1877

References
  1. Jenkins, A.; Allen, G.; Yeeting, B. & Carpenter, K.E. (2017). "Chromis cinerascens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T188326A1858657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T188326A1858657.en.
  2. "Chromis cinerascens country list". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. "Chromis chrysura". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-09.


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