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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria/misc
Family: Pomacentridae Damselfishes
Subfamily: Chrominae
Genus: Pycnochromis

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24 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pycnochromis abruptus Eastern Central Pacific 5.4 SL 2001
Pycnochromis acares Midget chromis Pacific Ocean 4 SL 1973
Pycnochromis agilis Agile chromis Indian Ocean 4.9 SL 1960
Pycnochromis alleni Allen's chromis Northwest Pacific 6.5 SL 1981
Pycnochromis amboinensis Ambon chromis Western Pacific 10 TL 1871
Pycnochromis atripes Dark-fin chromis Eastern Indian Ocean to W 9 TL 1928
Pycnochromis bami Eastern Central Pacific 5.9 SL 1992
Pycnochromis caudalis Blue-axil chromis Western Pacific 7.5 SL 1988
Pycnochromis delta Deep reef chromis Indo-West Pacific 7 TL 1988
Pycnochromis dimidiatus Chocolatedip chromis Western Indian Ocean 9 TL 1871
Pycnochromis fatuhivae Eastern Central Pacific 6.3 SL 2001
Pycnochromis fieldi Two-tone Chromis Indian Ocean. 5.1 SL 2013
Pycnochromis flavipectoralis Malayan chromis Indian Ocean 8 TL 1988
Pycnochromis hanui Chocolate-dip Chromis Eastern Central Pacific 6 SL 1973
Pycnochromis howsoni Western Pacific 5.6 SL 2014
Pycnochromis iomelas Half-and-half chromis Pacific Ocean 8 FL 1906
Pycnochromis leucurus Whitetail chromis Indo-West Pacific 8.5 TL 1905
Pycnochromis lineatus Lined chromis Indo-Pacific 7 TL 1928
Pycnochromis margaritifer Bicolor chromis Pacific Ocean 10.2 TL 1946
Pycnochromis nigrurus Blacktail chromis Indian Ocean 6 TL 1960
Pycnochromis ovatiformis Ovate chromis Western Pacific 10 TL 1946
Pycnochromis pacifica Pacific bronze Chromis Pacific Ocean 7.6 SL 2020
Pycnochromis retrofasciatus Black-bar chromis Western Pacific 6 SL 1913
Pycnochromis vanderbilti Vanderbilt's chromis Pacific Ocean 6 TL 1941



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013