Brown chromis

Azurina lepidolepis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–25 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsApril, June, and November
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 28 records
February: 17 records
March: 43 records
April: 72 records
May: 51 records
June: 90 records
July: 31 records
August: 54 records
September: 49 records
October: 54 records
November: 66 records
December: 26 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–25 m · Deepest record: 80 m

0–10 m: 75 records
10–20 m: 98 records
20–30 m: 32 records
30–40 m: 7 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 19 records
26–28 °C: 74 records
28–30 °C: 137 records

Photos

(c) Ro Hill, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ro Hill, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Brown chromis, scaly chromis, Scaly Puller

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Castañeta chocolate
French: Chromis écailleux
Japanese: Sasasuzumedai, ササスズメダイ
Simplified Chinese: 細鱗光鰓雀鯛

Other scientific names: Chromis lepidolepis, Dascyllus caudofasciatus, Dascyllus pomacentroides, Lepidochromis brunneus

Similar species

Twinspot chromis
Azurina elerae
Cow pilot
Abudefduf saxatilis
Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Abudefduf vaigiensis
Spiny chromis
Acanthochromis polyacanthus
Black-snouted Sergeant-major
Amblyglyphidodon curacao

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
346 open-data records from 1877 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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