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Azurina multilineata (Guichenot, 1853)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. A prominent black spot at the pectoral-fin base, and a white spot just behind the posterior base of the soft dorsal fin (Ref. 7247). Grayish brown on back, shading to silvery gray on sides; dorsal fin broadly edged with bright yellow; upper and lower edges of caudal fin narrowly yellow with a submarginal dark band (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

  • Brown chromis , English , Bahamas
  • Brown Chromis , English , Cuba
  • Brown chromis , English , Puerto Rico
  • Brown chromis , English , USA
  • Brown chromis , English , Global
  • Cavalley pilot , English , St Helena
  • Yellow edge chromis , English , St Lucia
  • Yellow-edge chromis , English , Australia
  • Yellow-edge chromis , English , Bahamas
  • Yellow-edge chromis , English , USA
  • Sergent cromis , French , France
  • 多線光鰓魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 多线光鳃鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Stèlchi bobo , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Donzela , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Donzela-marrom , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Burrito , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Castañeta parda , Spanish , Mexico
  • Cromis pardo , Spanish , Cuba
  • Cromis prieto , Spanish , Cuba
  • Cromo listado , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Jaqueta parda , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Pomacentridae

    Genus: Azurina

    Species: Azurina multilineata (Guichenot, 1853)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Florida and Texas (USA) and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil (Ref. 9626, 35834). Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena and Ascension islands and from São Tomé.

    • Biology

    Adults generally occur in steep slopes and patch reefs. Diurnal species (Ref. 9626), they most commonly form moderate-sized feeding-schools over reef tops, rising above the bottom to feed on plankton, mainly copepods. Often seen with Chromis cyanea (Ref. 9710). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref. 205). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref. 205). Rarely marketed (Ref. 3139).

    Habitat

    associated