| Valid name | Chromis |
| Synonym | Chromis Cuvier apud A. D. (=A. G. Desmarets), 1814 |
| Synonym | Nec Chromis Hübner, 1820 (Insecta). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Bull. Soc. philom. Paris, 1814: 88 |
| Synonym | Heliasus Griffith, 1834: 161. |
| Synonym | Heliastes Lowe, 1841: 177 (a substitute for Heliases 'in deference to the common rules of Greek derivatives'). |
| Synonym | Nec Chromis Gronow ex Garden, 1854: 149 (type: Chromis epicurorum Gronow = Pomatomus saltator). |
| Synonym | Heliasis (err. typ.) Cervigon, 1966: 583. |
| Synonym | Nec Cromis Browne, 1789, Civ. nat. Hist. Jamaica, 2nd ed.: 449 (Coromis in the index IV, n. pag.) (type: Labrus |
| Synonym | Type: Sparus chromis L., by orig. design. Chromis Cuvier, 1815, Mem. Mus., 1: 356. |
| Synonym | 'Les Chromis' Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 266, pro parte as the 'genus' comprises both the castagnole and a Cichlid, Labru |
| Synonym | 'Les Héliases' Cuvier, 1829, Règne animal, ed. II, 2: 180 (no type: mentioned). |
| Synonym | Nec Chromis Lacepède ex Plumier, 1801, Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 546, note 2 (type: Cheilodipterus cyanopterus Lac.) |
| Synonym | Chromis (Cuvier) Oken, 1817, Isis, 1: 1182 bis (non num.) (type: Sparus chromis L.). |
| Synonym | 'Les Chromis. Cuv.' Cuvier, 1829, ibid.: 263 (type: Sparus chromis L.) pro parte (cf. supra Cuvier, 1817). |
| Synonym | Heliases Cuvier, 1830, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons, 5: 494 ('Les Héliases': 493). |
| Synonym | Heliazes Valenciennes, 1840: 92; 1843: 27. |