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Chiarachromis

Osteichthyes - Pomacentridae

Taxonomy
Chiarachromis was named by Bellwood et al. (2025). Its type is Chiarachromis slazzarii.

It was assigned to Pomacentridae by Bellwood et al. (2025).

Species
C. slazzarii (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. salazzarii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Chiarachromis Bellwood et al. p. 563

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
familyPomacentridaeBonaparte 1831
genusChiarachromis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Chiarachromis Bellwood et al. 2025
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†Chiarachromis slazzarii Bellwood et al. 2025
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Bellwood et al. 2025Moderately elongate fish with a relatively short and deep caudal peduncle. Head moderately large. Maximum body depth exceeds head length. Lower jaw articulation anterior to orbit. Teeth blunt. Mouth relatively small. 25 (11+14) vertebrae. Supraneurals 3; predorsal formula /0/0+0+1/1+1/. Dorsal fin long-based and continuous, with 10 strong spines and 11 soft rays. Soft portion of dorsal fin is higher than its spiny portion. Anal fin with 2 supernumerary spines (2nd very strong) and 7 rays (anterior of which longer than dorsal-fin rays). Height of anal fin 1.9 times its base length. Postcleithrum strong. Pectoral fins with not less than 15 rays. Pelvic fins inserted just behind pectorals, strongly elongated. Caudal fin truncated. Scales large and thick, especially at dorsal and ventral contours of body. Lateral line follows dorsal contour of body and interrupted below anterior portion of soft dorsal fin.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available