| 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 | 21;fig.5a-c;tab.3,6 |
| Named Used as Valid | Chromis earina |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo, off W coast of Tutuba Island. |
| Distribution | Western Pacific: from Puluwat westward to Palau; south to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Fiji. |
| Quote | It was not observed at Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Kiritimati (Line Islands), nor American Samoa during brief surveys of deep reefs at these localities. |