The big-lip damselfish is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae, it is the only species in the monotypic genus Cheiloprion. It occurs in the eastern Indian Ocean and south western Pacific Ocean and has been recorded from Sri Lanka east to the Solomon Islands, north to the Philippines, south to Vanuatu[1] as well as northern Australia, from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Palm Island, Queensland.[3] and Palau.[1]
| Big-lip damselfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Cheiloprion M.C.W. Weber, 1913[2] |
| Species: | C. labiatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheiloprion labiatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pomacentrus labiatus Day, 1877 | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cheiloprion labiatus". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cheiloprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Cheiloprion labiatus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 6 Oct 2018.