Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Chromis punctipinnis

Blacksmith

WoRMS 273751ITIS 170085key worms:273751

2026-08-05: itis_id 170085 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Corrine Avidan · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Chromis viridis

Blacksmith25 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Chromis punctipinnis — Photo · Steve Lonhart, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The blacksmith, also known as the blacksmith chromis and blacksmith damselfish, is a species of fish in the damselfish family. It is native to the subtropical northeastern Pacific Ocean, where it range is from Monterey Bay, California, USA, to central Baja California, Mexico.W CalCOFI holds 1,146 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2019, as larva.R

1,146
observations: 1,146
records: 1,146
sampling events: 1951–2019
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 1,146 obs · 1,146 events · 1951–2019 · larva
name used: Chromis punctipinnis Blacksmith · code 626

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:273751%22

Chromis punctipinnis

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.