Weber's Puller, Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928


Other Names: Weber's Chromis

Weber's Puller, Chromis weberi, at North Solitary Island, New South Wales, July 2013. Source: Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:
A pale brown to greyish-brown chomis sometimes with a bronze tinge, darker scale margins, a broad dark bar behind the eye, a narrower dark bar behind the head, and dark caudal-fin tips. The soft dorsal, anal and pectoral fins may have a yellowish tinge.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Chromis weberi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2323

Weber's Puller, Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928

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Distribution

Shark Bay region to the Dampier Archipelago, offshore reefs of Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and from the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to southern New South Wales; also Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
Inhabits coral and rocky reefs, in channels and on steep outer reef slopes - singly or in small to large schools at depths to 25 m. 

Features

Dorsal fin XIII, 11-12; Anal fin II, 11 - 12; Pectoral fin 18-20; Lateral line scales 17-19; Gill rakers (total) 27-32.
Body depth 2.1-2.3 in SL.

Feeding

Males and females form breeding pairs, and females lay demersal eggs that adhere to the substrate. The male parent guards and aerates the eggs until the larvae hatch.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Max Weber, the “distinguished zoologist of Amsterdam and author of extensive works on East Indian ichthyology”.

Species Citation

Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 100(7): 41. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Weber's Puller, Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean 1928

References


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Allen, G. R. 2001. Family Pomacentridae. pp. in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

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Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 6798, Australia. 197 pp.

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Fowler, H.W. & Bean, B.A. 1928. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae and Callyodontidae, collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(7): 1-525 pls 1-49

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Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)

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Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37372054

Depth:3-25 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:13.5 cm TL

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