Scientific Name
Chromis amboinensis

Common Name
Ambon chromis

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13. This fish is deeper-bodied than C. atripes and lacks the dark spot on the pectoral-fin base found in C. agilis (it has a yellow bar instead). The tips of the caudal fin-lobes ending two filaments. The upper and lower edge of the caudal fin is dark brown. Juveniles have more blue around the eyes and the margins of the dorsal and anal fins, as well as elongate outermost caudal rays (Ref. 1602).

Classification

Classified By

Bleeker, 1871

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: Christmas Island and the northwest shelf of Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean to as far east as Samoa, Tonga (Ref. 53797), and the Marshall Islands.

Range

16°N - 23°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

5 m

Depth To - meters

70 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 5 - 70 m (Ref. 1602)

Trophic Level

2.74 s.e. 0.31 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

9.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Aquarium: commercial

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (19 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated