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Pycnochromis acares Midget Chromis

Pycnochromis acaresis commonly referred to as Midget Chromis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pycnochromis acares,Midget chromis, 5cm, Kwajalein 2023


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lexID:
4820 
AphiaID:
1595014 
Scientific:
Pycnochromis acares 
German:
Zwerg-Chromis, Riffbarsch 
English:
Midget Chromis 
Category:
Damselfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Ovalentaria incertae sedis (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pycnochromis (Genus) > acares (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Randall & Swerdloff, ), 1973 
Occurrence:
Austral Islands, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Pacific Ocean, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, the Society Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Wake Atoll, Western Australia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
2 - 37 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.57" (4 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
omnivore 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-01-18 19:41:32 

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Pycnochromis acares (Randall & Swerdloff, 1973)

Adults found in exposed seaward reefs. Sometimes inhabit clear lagoons or channels. They occur in small to large aggregations on the upper edge of the slope over live coral or rubble.

Pycnochromis acares is an omnivorous species.

Similar to the Blackfin Chromis (Pycnochromis vanderbilti).

Synonymised names:
Chromis acares Randall & Swerdloff, 1973 · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Systematics of Damselfishes (en). Abgerufen am 18.01.2023.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 18.01.2023.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 18.01.2023.

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Pycnochromis acares,Midget chromis, 5cm, Kwajalein 2023

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Pycnochromis acares,Midget chromis, 5cm, Kwajalein 2023
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