Brown Puller

About this species

The yellow chromis, also known as the yellow puller, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region. A small fish, it can reach a maximum size of 17 cm in length.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromis analis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 25 records
February: 22 records
March: 41 records
April: 45 records
May: 43 records
June: 59 records
July: 31 records
August: 24 records
September: 39 records
October: 31 records
November: 28 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–35 m · Deepest record: 67 m

0–10 m: 14 records
10–20 m: 34 records
20–30 m: 12 records
30–40 m: 10 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 20 records
28–30 °C: 101 records

Photos

(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Brown Puller, Yellow chromis, Yellow Puller

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Castañuela dorada
Japanese: Tampoposuzumedai, タンポポスズメダイ, ヒマワリスズメダイ
Simplified Chinese: 厚殼仔, 長臀光鰓雀鯛, 長臀光鰓魚, 黃雀仔

Other scientific names: Heliases analis, Heliases macrochir

Similar species

Black Chromis
Chromis xanthura
Black-axil chromis
Chromis atripectoralis
Ternate chromis
Chromis ternatensis
Blue-green damselfish
Chromis viridis
Weber's chromis
Chromis weberi
Alpha Chromis
Chromis alpha

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
276 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.