Species: Chromis cf. enchrysura, Cobalt chromis, Whitetail reeffish, Whitetail Reeffish Chromis

blue stripe: mouth to upper back

Chromis cf enchrysura
Cobalt chromis, Whitetail reeffish
Body compressed, a deep oval; 1 pair of nostrils; edge of bone under eye smooth, no notch, hidden by 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, 11-13; anal fin II, 11-13; pectoral 17-19; 2-3 short projecting spines at upper and lower base of tail fin; caudal fin deeply forked, with rounded tips, elongate rays from tips; scales large and rough; body scaled, most of head scaled, basal parts of the median fins scaled; lateral line incomplete, ends under end of dorsal fin base; lateral line scales 15-19.
Adult: Upper head and body and spinous dorsal fin dark blue-grey, lower parts and tail base white; an electric blue stripe from top lip, through upper edge of eye to under front 1/3 of dorsal fin; a blue line from mouth, curving along underside of eye back to above pectoral base; soft dorsal, tail, anal and pelvic fins white.
Reaches 10 cm.
Outer edges of reefs.
Depth range: 70-178 m.
Bermuda to Brazil.
Note: closely related to but genetically distinct from C. enchrysura, which has a different color pattern and a different geographic range.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- 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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- Also in Brazil
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent
- All species..
- Extends South of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 70
- Depth Range Max
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- 178