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Spiny chromis
Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
Also calledCastagnola spinosa (ita) · Castanyoleta espinosa (cat) · Chromis à épines (fra) · Donzela-de-espinho (por) · Schwalbenschwanz-Riffbarsch (deu) · Tornet safirfisk (dan) · Zwaluwstaartjuffertje (nld) · sapínek mnohotrnný (ces) · 多刺棘光鰓雀鯛 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Philippines and Vanuatu, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in inshore and seaward coral reefs, 1 – 65 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed in Kavieng Lagoon in June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 17); a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, 3 – 25 m depth, St. KR 90, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Acanthochromis polyacanthus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212126.