Big-lip damselfish

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^[3] as well as northern Australia, from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Palm Island, Queensland.^[4] and Palau.^[3]

Big-lip damselfish
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Pomacentrinae
Genus:	Cheiloprion M.C.W. Weber, 1913[2]
Species:	C. labiatus
Binomial name
Cheiloprion labiatus (Day, 1877)[3]
Synonyms
Pomacentrus labiatus Day, 1877