Weber's Puller (species: Chromis weberi) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Chromis weberi
Weber's Puller


©Anne Hoggett: Chromis weberi at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Chromis weberifeeding on plankton at Reef 14-140 (Wedge Reef), an outer reef near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacentridae
Genus Chromis
Species Chromis weberi

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Colours

              

Distinguishing features

Brown to grey with darker scale edges. Tail lobes with black tips. A dark bar on gill cover.

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (Length)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea: Second edition Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, NSW.

Other references

  • Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith and M.W. Westneat (2009). Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1221.
  • Sun, D., R.A. Bray, R.Q. Yong, S.C. Cutmore and T.H. Cribb (2014). Pseudobacciger cheneyae n. sp. (Digenea: Gymnophalloidea) from Weber’s chromis (Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Systematic Parasitology, 88: 141-152. LIRS catalog number 1814.
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