Azurina lepidolepis Scaly chromis

Azurina lepidolepis is commonly referred to as Scaly chromis. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10037 

AphiaID:

1605312 

Scientific:

Azurina lepidolepis 

German:

Riffbarsch, Demoiselle 

English:

Scaly Chromis 

Category:

Frökenfiskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Ovalentaria incertae sedis (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Azurina (Genus) > lepidolepis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1877 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Australia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, East Africa, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Line Islands, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, South-Africa, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vietnam 

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 - 43 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Seaward facing reefs 

Size:

up to 3.54" (9 cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Azurina eupalama
  Galapagos-Riffbarsch
• 
  Azurina hirundo
  Schwalben-Riffbarsch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Azurina atrilobata
  Schwalbenschwänzchen
• 
  Azurina brevirostris
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Azurina cyanea
  Blaues Schwalbenschwänzchen
• 
  Azurina elerae
  Zweipunkt-Chromis
• 
  Azurina lepidolepis
  Riffbarsch, Demoiselle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-10-23 17:43:58 

Last edit:

2025-10-20 10:39:26 

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