Scientific Name	Chromis xanthochira   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Bleeker, 1851)	Depth	10 - 48M
Chinese	黃腋光鰓雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雀鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F411　Pomacentridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃腋光鰓魚
Max Length	14 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	厚殼仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Banda Neira, Banda Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Chromis reticulatus, Chromis xanthochir, Chromis xanthocira, Heliases xanthochirus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2005)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Moyer, J.T. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kim, Y.U. etc. 1997 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0070784. ASIZP0071153. ASIZP0074254. FRIP00261.
Common Name	Yellowaxil chromis; Yellow-tail chromis; Yellow-axil chromis
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays XIII, 11; Anal rays II, 11-12; pectoral rays 19; lateral-line scales 16-17; body depth 2.0-2.2 in standard length. 3 spinous procurrent rays on upper and lower orgins of caudal fin. Color olivaceous to bluish gray, the scale edges dark brown; a large yellow blotch around the pectoral fin base and base part of the fin, standing out in the natural lights at depths. This species differs from C. weberi by having a thin black preopercular bar and lacking black tips on its caudal fin lobes.
habitats	Primarily found along deep outer reef walls. Occurs singly or in small groups in outer reef slopes. Feed on plankton.
Distribution	Western Central Pacific including Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and northern Great Barrier Reef. Reported from Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. It is very rare and only found in Lyudao, southeastern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.