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  • bright blue
    tail base and fins yellow
    Chromis bermudae, Bermuda chromis
  • dark blue-grey above, white below
    blue stripe: mouth to upper back
    soft D, C & A: white
    Chromis cf. enchrysura, Whitetail reeffish, Cobalt chromis
  • dark electric blue
    C: top & bottom margins black
    Chromis cyanea, Blue chromis
  • dark gray-brown above white below
    blue line snout to below D
    soft D & A and C yellow
    Chromis enchrysura, Yellowtail reeffish, Yellowtail chromis
  • brown above white below, blue line lip to top eye
    soft D & rear edge C clear/yellow; A white
    juv: yellow above, purple below
    Chromis insolata, Olive chromis, the Sunshinefish
  • dark brown + tail base, C and soft D yellow
    juv: upper body, D, tail base & C yellow, purplish brown/ dark blue below
    Chromis jubauna, Brazilian chromis
  • grey; C- top & bottom edges black
    white spot under end D
    pectoral axil black
    Chromis multilineata, Brown chromis
  • blue-grey, blue spots - head & body
    juv: purple/dark blue
    Chromis scotti, Purple chromis, Purple reeffish