Species: Chromis jubauna, Brazilian chromis
Chromis jubauna Moura, 1995
Brazilian chromis
Body compressed, a deep oval; 1 pair of nostrils; edge of bone under eye smooth, no notch, covered with scales; preopercle smooth or with occasional fine serrations; mouth small, protrusible, opens at front; teeth in 2 rows, outer conical, larger; a single continuous dorsal fin XIII, 11-12; anal fin II, 9-11; pectoral 18; upper and lower base of with 2-3 exposed short fin rays; tail fin forked, with rounded tips; body scaled, most of head scaled, basal parts of the median fins scaled; scales large and rough; lateral line incomplete, ends under end of dorsal fin base; lateral line scales 15-17.
Adult: Blackish brown, paler ventrally; tail base and fin and upper 3/4 of soft dorsal fin bright yellow; black anal and pelvic fins; tips of dorsal and anal spines blue; transparent or yellowish pectoral fin, with a dark spot at axil. Juvenile: upper head, body, and all of dorsal fin, tail base and tail fin yellow; purplish brown to dark blue below that.
Reaches 9.6 cm.
Rocky reefs.
Depth range: 1-71 m.
Brazil; the SE Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 71
