Smokey chromis
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Smoky damselfish form schools from midwater down toward the seabed.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Smokey chromis
- Scientific name
- Chromis fumea
- Japanese name
- マツバスズメダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Chromis
A fish that lives from Japan south of Akita and the Korean Peninsula to temperate and tropical seas from the eastern Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.
Its scales have a bluish tint, and it has a clear black stripe running lengthwise.
Basic data
- Range
- Southern Japan south of Akita, Ryukyu Islands, Korean Peninsula, and temperate and tropical eastern Indian to western Pacific oceans
Where the Smokey chromis has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- マツバスズメダイ
- 简体中文
- 烟色光鳃鱼
- 繁體中文
- 煙色光鰓魚
- 한국어
- 연무자리돔
- Español
- Castañuela Lúgubre
- Português (Brasil)
- Donzela-de-Hong-Kong
- Italiano
- Castagnola fumosa
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — マツバスズメダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — マツバスズメダイChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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