Scientific Name	Chromis acares   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Randall & Swerdloff, 1973	Depth	2 - 37M
Chinese	侏儒光鰓雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雀鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F411　Pomacentridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	侏儒光鰓魚
Max Length	4 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	厚殼仔
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、LanI Is.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Off tanker buoys at harbor entrance, Rarotonga, Cook Is., 20 m
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2005)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Randall, J. E. etc. 1973 Moyer, J.T. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kim, Y.U. etc. 1997 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058576.
Common Name	Midget chromis
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays XII, 11; Anal rays II, 10-11; pectoral rays 16-18; lateral-line scales 15-17; body depth 2.4-2.6 in standard length. 2 spinous procurrent caudal rays on both upper and lower orgins of caudal fin. Pearly white with an elongate yellow blotch extending from behind the eye to the pectoral fin base, and a small, less than eye diameter, yellow spot on the posterior base of the soft dorsal fin. Caudal fin with yellow dorsal and ventral edges.
habitats	Found in exposed seaward reefs. Sometimes inhabits clear lagoons or channels. Occurs in small to large aggregations on the upper edge of the slope over live coral or rubble.
Distribution	Distributed in Pacific Ocean from Mariana Islands to the Hawaiian and Society Islands, south to Vanuatu and Austral Islands, Mariana, east Caroline, and Marshall Islands in Micronesia; possibly at Rowley Shoals. It is very rare and only found in southern
Utility	No commercial value.