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Pomacentridae
Spiny chromis
Acanthochromis polyacanthus
The only damselfish that skips the ocean larval stage
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
MediumSpiny chromis is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific coral reefs. It is the only damselfish whose young do not pass through an oceanic larval stage.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Acanthochromis
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Indonesia and the Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
