Chromis lepidolepis

As recorded: Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker, 1877

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Pomacentridae

Collected by: J.E. Randall and P.L. ColinPatrick Colin →Johnson Randall →
Date: October 28, 1987
Locality: Port Moresby; off Bootless Inlet; S of Motupore Island; Horseshoe Reef (Barrier Reef); caves
Island: Port Moresby
Region: Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: -9.5964, 147.2760
Depth: 14 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

29 Bishop specimens of Chromis lepidolepis · collected 1966–1996Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 28, 1987, J.E. Randall and P.L. Colin also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Chromis lepidolepis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1987. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2014-01-01.

2014-01-01

National Capital District, PG-NC-NC, PG

(c) Nigel Marsh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Chromis lepidolepis. BPBM 32462. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35986831. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/32462.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35986831 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026