#2182 · 🐟 fish

Mediterranean Damselfish

🇳🇱 Monniksvis ·Chromis chromis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Off Ponta da Piedade, Lagos, Portugal:© JMRoque · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Datça, TR-MG, TR:© Alp · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Peloponnese, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, GR:© Fabio Cianferoni · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Barcelona, ES-CT, ES:© jalaball · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 87023 Diamante CS, Italia:© Golfopolikayak · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Chromis chromis , the damselfish or Mediterranean chromis is a small species of ray-finned fish of the family Pomacentridae from the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,749iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,749 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).