Doublebar chromis

Chromis opercularis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth6–30 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsOctober and November
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 11 records
February: 10 records
March: 14 records
April: 9 records
May: 9 records
June: 10 records
July: 15 records
August: 9 records
September: 4 records
October: 28 records
November: 20 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–30 m · Deepest record: 187 m

0–10 m: 25 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 32 records
26–28 °C: 49 records
28–30 °C: 31 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) amfstocker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Doublebar chromis, doublebar chromis, Double-bar Puller, Doublebar Reeffish

Names in 2 more languages

French: Chromis à opercule noire
Thai: ปลาสลิดหินฟ้า

Other scientific names: Heliastes opercularis, Pomacentrus opercularis

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
225 open-data records from 1867 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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