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Where does the Midget Chromis live?

Chromis acares has 8,851 records in 24 countries and territories, from 1957 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesPomacentridaeChromis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
American Samoa 3,411
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2,441
Northern Mariana Islands 2,217
French Polynesia 236
Guam 194
United States 135
Tonga 75
Australia 28
Marshall Islands 22
Kiribati 18
Fiji 13
Cook Islands 12
Wallis & Futuna 12
Tuvalu 9
Micronesia 8
ZZ 5
New Caledonia 4
Japan 3
Taiwan 3
Mauritius 1
Niue 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Philippines 1
Pitcairn 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.