Blue-green damselfish

About this species

Chromis viridis is a species of damselfish. Individuals tend to be iridescent apple-green and light blue, and reach a maximal length of 10 cm.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 214 records
February: 185 records
March: 306 records
April: 358 records
May: 327 records
June: 365 records
July: 472 records
August: 410 records
September: 400 records
October: 478 records
November: 401 records
December: 214 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–12 m · Deepest record: 413 m

0–10 m: 1,008 records
10–20 m: 155 records
20–30 m: 13 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 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: 1 records
24–26 °C: 63 records
26–28 °C: 133 records
28–30 °C: 123 records

Photos

(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luke Lythgoe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Richard Poort, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Blue-green damselfish, Blue-green Chromis, Blue Green Chromis, blue-green damselfish, Blue green damselfish, Blue-green Puller, Blue Puller, Green Chromis, Green Damsel, Green Puller

Names in 5 more languages

German: Grünes Schwalbenschwänzchen
Spanish: Castañuela verde azul
French: Chromis vert, Demoiselle Bleue, Demoiselle bleu-vert
Japanese: Debasuzumedai, デバスズメダイ
Simplified Chinese: 厚殼仔, 水銀燈, 蓝绿光鳃鱼, 藍綠光鰓雀鯛, 藍綠光鰓魚

Other scientific names: Dascyllus cyanurus, Glyphisodon bandanensis, Heliases frenatus, Heliases lepisurus, Pomacentrus viridis

Similar species

Ternate chromis
Chromis ternatensis
Weber's chromis
Chromis weberi
Spiny chromis
Acanthochromis polyacanthus
Reticulate dascyllus
Dascyllus reticulatus
Domino
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Blue Damsel
Pomacentrus coelestis

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).
3,458 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.