| Citation | Pyle, R., J.L. Earle and B.D. Greene, 2008, Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific.. Zootaxa 1671:3-31. |
| Ref. | 59379 Pyle, R., J.L. Earle and B.D. Greene, 2008 |
| Page | 10;fig.2a-c;tab.2-3 |
| Named Used as Valid | Chromis brevirostris |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Caroline Islands; Puluwat Atoll; Alet Islet. |
| Distribution | Marshall Islands southward to Fiji, across the Caroline Islands from Puluwat to Palau, and south to Vanuatu. |
| Quote | Not observed at Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Kiritimati (Line Islands), or American Samoa during brief surveys of deep reefs at those localities. |