Weber's chromis

Chromis weberi

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth4–23 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJune
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), 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: 54 records
February: 51 records
March: 49 records
April: 88 records
May: 68 records
June: 269 records
July: 78 records
August: 63 records
September: 74 records
October: 94 records
November: 61 records
December: 56 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–23 m · Deepest record: 320 m

0–10 m: 242 records
10–20 m: 173 records
20–30 m: 45 records
30–40 m: 7 records
40–50 m: 7 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: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 30 records
26–28 °C: 96 records
28–30 °C: 165 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Weber's chromis, Weber's Puller

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Castañuela de Weber
French: Chromis de Weber
Japanese: Takasagosuzumedai, タカサゴスズメダイ
Simplified Chinese: 厚殼仔, 韋氏光鰓魚, 魏氏光鰓雀鯛, 魏氏光鰓魚

Other scientific names: Chromis simulanis, Chromis simulans, Pomacentrus weberi

Similar species

Ternate chromis
Chromis ternatensis
Blue-green damselfish
Chromis viridis
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,473 open-data records from 1908 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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