Pomacentridae

Guinean damselfish

Microspathodon frontatus

Seventeen Centimeters Pomacentrid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Microspathodon frontatus (Guinean damselfish), is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off west Africa in the Gulf of Guinea as far north as Ghana as well as the islands of Bioko and São Tomé and Príncipe where it is abundant. It is found among rocky reefs, rocks and rubble.