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Scissors Chromis (Chromis gunting)

Source-cited species reference: taxonomy from WoRMS, biology from FishBase, conservation from IUCN Red List, description from Wikipedia.

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Scissors Chromis (Chromis gunting)

Arango BG, Pinheiro HT, Rocha C, Greene BD, Pyle RL, Copus JM, Shepherd B, Rocha LA (2019) Three new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) from mesophot · via Wikipedia: Chromis gunting · CC BY 4.0

Chromis gunting is a species of marine fish of the damselfishes in the family Pomacentridae. This species was first described in 2019, along with Chromis bowesi and Chromis hangganan, discovered and known only from Verde Island Passage, in Puerto Galera and Batangas, in the Philippines. It is characterized by 11 dorsal fin rays, 11-12 anal fin rays, 16-17 pectoral fin ray, 3 procurrent caudal fin rays, 14-16 tubed lateral-line scales, 19-20 gill rakers. The species body length is 2.1-2.2 standard length, with a light brown colored body when fresh that has a silver area on the anterior end and a bilateral black margin on the exterior side of the tail.

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderBlenniiformes
  6. FamilyPomacentridae
  7. GenusChromis
  8. SpeciesChromis gunting

Named by (Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & C. R. Rocha, 2019)

Close relatives

Other species of Chromis with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Chromis gunting (CC BY-SA 4.0) · differs from this box at order: WoRMS AphiaID 1340191 (CC BY 4.0)

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC)

  1. LC▲ this species
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX
Population trend
Not held in our sources — see the assessment
Assessment published
2024

Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category

How big is it?

Size comparison: Scissors Chromis (Chromis gunting) and a personA 0.08 m long scissors chromis (chromis gunting) drawn to scale next to a 1.8 m tall person. Schematic shapes, not a likeness.0.08 m1.8 m

Largest length in the source, 0.08 m, next to a 1.8 m person.

Diagram: drawn by Codexery, schematic shapes to scale (not a likeness). Length: FishBase species summary

Classification (WoRMS)

Full classification as recorded by WoRMS: Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Teleostei · Order: Ovalentaria incertae sedis · Family: Pomacentridae · Genus: Chromis.

Accepted name: Chromis gunting · Authority: Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019 · Taxonomic status: accepted · AphiaID: 1340191.

Source: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340191 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Biology and life history (FishBase)

Measured values published by FishBase for Chromis gunting. Only fields the database actually holds for this species are shown; these are database values, not aquarium guidance.

Maximum length: 7.739999771118164 cm · Depth range: 90–130 m · Habitat zone: reef-associated · Body shape: short and / or deep · Vulnerability index: 10 of 100 · Aquarium trade: never/rarely.

Source: FishBase species summary (SpecCode 69005) — https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Chromis-gunting.html (CC BY-NC 3.0 — non-commercial use only). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Conservation status (IUCN Red List)

The IUCN Red List assesses Chromis gunting Arango, Pinheiro, Rocha, Greene, Pyle, Copus, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019 as Least Concern (code LC). No trend, population estimate or threat analysis is given here, because none is available from this source without the Red List API; follow the source link for the full assessment, including its date.

Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (taxon 241132757) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/241132757/0; GBIF IUCN Red List category endpoint (taxonKey 10462825) — https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/10462825/iucnRedListCategory. Accessed 2026-09-25.

Description and natural history (Wikipedia)

Chromis gunting has a range of distribution in the Philippines, but was particularly found at Batangas and Oriental Mindoro. All three species, C. bowesi, C. gunting and C. hangganan comes from Philippines, and collected at a depth of about 75 – 150 m., with C. gunting at 90 – 130 m.

The largest specimen used to describe C. gunting is about 7.7 cm. The mature individual specimen is brown in the upper body, gradually turning pink in the middle body and silvery gray in the lower body. Black fringe along the dorsal-fin spine, and both on the caudal fin (in two lobes) and its caudal peduncle. Soft dorsal fin with black rays.

2/3 in front of anal fin is black, transparent behind with yellow. Transparent pectoral with a gray base. Pelvic fins are light brown, almost transparent, with yellowish fins and gray rays.

Gunting means scissors in Tagalog, where the specific epithet was based due to the species scissorlike appearance of its bilateral outermost black margins in the fish's caudal fin, or i.e the scissorlike appearance of the fish's tail.

Source: Wikipedia: Chromis gunting — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromis_gunting (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Sources

Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.

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