BPBM 17506IchthyologyParatype

Chromis alpha

Yellow-speckled Chromis

As recorded: Chromis alpha Randall, 1988

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Pomacentridae

Collected by: J.E. Randall, R.C. Wass, and G. YamasakiJohnson Randall →R.C. Wass →Gordon Yamasaki →
Date: May 8, 1974
Locality: Tutuila Island; Fagatele Bay; reef edge
Island: Tutuila Island
Depth: 34 m
Type status: Paratype
Record type: Preserved specimen

20 Bishop specimens of Chromis alpha · collected 1968–2002Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 8, 1974, J.E. Randall, R.C. Wass, and G. Yamasaki also collected 17 other specimens.

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Cephalopholis leopardus

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Cephalopholis spiloparaea

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Cheilinus oxycephalus

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Ctenogobiops tangaroai

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Ematops randalli

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Ematops randalli

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Gymnothorax margaritophorus

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Liopropoma

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Pictichromis porphyrea

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Pseudamiops gracilicauda

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Pseudoplesiops

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Sargocentron lepros

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Synodus variegatus

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Trimma

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Uropterygius

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Chromis alpha observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 119 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-05.