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title: "Blue-green Chromis"
description: "Chromis viridis — Pesci. Chromis viridis (green chromis) is a species of damselfish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-green-chromis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-green Chromis

> Chromis viridis — Pesci. Chromis viridis (green chromis) is a species of damselfish.

- Scientific name: *Chromis viridis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4055
- Wikidata: [Q98099531](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98099531)
- iNaturalist taxon: [179880](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179880)

## Names

- en: Blue-green Chromis
- de: Grünes Schwalbenschwänzchen
- es: Castañuela verde azul
- fr: Chromis vert
- nl: Blauwgroen juffertje
- pt: Donzela-esverdeada

## Countries with the most observations

EG (302), FJ (290), ID (272), NC (237), AU (236), PF (221), MV (141), PH (109), GU (74), CK (58), RE (55), JP (51)

## Summary

Chromis viridis (green chromis) is a species of damselfish. Individuals tend to be iridescent apple-green and light blue, and reach a maximal length of 10 cm.
It is sometimes called the "blue-green chromis", but that may also refer to Chromis caerulea, the blue puller, a close relative that is sometimes considered conspecific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromis_viridis

## Photo

![Blue-green Chromis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-green-chromis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192568015

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-green-chromis?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).