Scientific Name	Chromis flavomaculata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Kamohara, 1960	Depth	6 - 40M
Chinese	黃斑光鰓雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雀鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F411　Pomacentridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃斑光鰓魚
Max Length	16 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	厚殼仔
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Susaki, Kochi Pref., Japan
Synonyms	Chromis flavomaculatus, Chromis kennensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2005)  Kamohara, T. 1960 Moyer, J.T. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kim, Y.U. etc. 1997 Iwatsubo, H. etc. 2013
Specimen List	NTUM02829. NTUM04774. USNM00149154.
Common Name	Yellow-spotted chromis
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays XIII-XIV, 11-13(usually 12); Anal rays II, 10-11; pectoral rays 18-20; lateral-line scales 17-19; body depth 1.8-2.0 in standard length. Posterior tip of dorsal fin rounded. 2 spinous procurrent rays on upper and lower orgins of caudal fin. Body brownish grey; dorsal and anal dark; pectoral fin pale with a prominent black spot at the base; caudal fin yellowish grey.
habitats	Inhabits lagoon and outer coral reefs from 10 to 40m depth, boulder bottoms and lava cliffs, in small to large aggregations.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific, there are two isolated populations: (1) southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan; (2) Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Lord Howe Island and east coast of Australia between Sydney and the southern Great Barri
Utility	No commercial value.