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Pomacentridae
Big-lip damsel
Cheiloprion labiatus
Males guard and aerate eggs
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
SmallBig-lip damsel is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Cheiloprion
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands, north to the Philippines, south to Vanuatu and northern Australia; Palau in Micronesia.
Class
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