The one-spot puller (in New Zealand) or brown puller (in Australia), Chromis hypsilepis, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found off south-east Australia and between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts. It grows to a length between 15 and 20 centimetres.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Chromis |
| Species: | C. hypsilepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867)
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References
edit- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Yeeting, B. & Jenkins, A. (2017). "Chromis hypsilepis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T188369A1865215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T188369A1865215.en.
- "Chromis hypsilepis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chromis hypsilepis". FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8