Fish of the Chromis genus of the subfamily Chrominae of the Pomacentridae family of the Labroidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Damselfish. Photo by © Klaus Rudloff. biolib.cz)
Damselfish (Chromis chromis) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 2-40 meters. It is a schooling fish. It prefers to swim in the water column above a rocky bottom and thickets of vegetation. The maximum recorded length is 25 cm, specimens up to 13 cm long are more common. It feeds on zooplankton and small invertebrates.
(Damselfish. Photo by © Circolo Attività Subacquee Chieri. www.casc.it)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of damselfish (Chromis chromis) in other languages as follows:
Peshku gështenjë (Albanian), Monniksvis (Dutch), Καλόγρια (Kaljogria) (Greek), Castañuela (Spanish), Castagnola (Italian), Mönchsfisch (German), Chromis kasztanowy (Polish), Castanheta (Portuguese), Ласточка (Lastochka), Монашка (Monashka) (Russian), Crnac, Crnej (Serbian, Croatian), Črnik (Slovenian), Papaz balığı (Turkish), Castagnole (French).