Pearl-spot chromis
Amazing fact
The pearl-spot chromis has a clear white spot at the rear end of its dorsal fin.
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The pearl-spot chromis has a clear white spot at the rear end of its dorsal fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Pearl-spot chromis
- Scientific name
- Chromis notata
- Japanese name
- スズメダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Chromis
It is also listed under the scientific name Chromis notata notata.
A fish that lives around Japan, from Aomori Prefecture to the Ryukyu Islands, and in the seas of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and southern China.
How the Pearl-spot chromis lives
In the breeding season, males leave the school and establish territories. They remove algae and sand from rock surfaces to prepare a place for eggs. The eggs stick to stones and the sides of rocks, and males care for them.
新潟大学佐渡自然共生科学センター臨海実験所新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海Basic data
- Range
- Seto Inland Sea, Ryukyu Islands, eastern and southern Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and elsewhere
Where the Pearl-spot 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
- スズメダイ
- 简体中文
- 尾斑光鳃鱼
- 繁體中文
- 尾斑光鰓魚
- 한국어
- 자리돔
- Español
- Castañuela de Perla
- Français
- Chromis coréen
- Português (Brasil)
- Donzela-perola
- Italiano
- Castagnola coreana
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Betok mutiara
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 — スズメダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟大学佐渡自然共生科学センター臨海実験所 — スズメダイChecked: 2026-11-07
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — 飼育下におけるスズメダイの繁殖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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