Biology:Lyretail damselfish
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Lyretail damselfish | |
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| Neopomacentrus violascens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Neopomacentrus Allen, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Glyphisodon anabatoides Bleeker, 1847
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The lyretail damselfishes are fishes in the genus Neopomacentrus in the family Pomacentridae. They are all marine coastal fishes but N. taeniurus and N. aquadulcis are known to occur in brackish waters, and even in pure fresh water.[1][2]
Species
| Species | Common name | Image |
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| Neopomacentrus aktites
Allen, Moore & Allen, 2017 |
Western Australian demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus anabatoides
(Bleeker, 1847) |
Silver demoiselle | Error creating thumbnail: |
| Neopomacentrus aquadulcis
Jenkins and Allen, 2002 |
Sweetwater demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus azysron
(Bleeker, 1877) |
Yellowtail demoiselle | Error creating thumbnail: |
| Neopomacentrus bankieri
(Richardson, 1846) |
Chinese demoiselle | Error creating thumbnail: |
| Neopomacentrus cyanomos
(Bleeker, 1856) |
Regal demoiselle | Error creating thumbnail: |
| Neopomacentrus fallax
(Peters, 1855) |
Violet damsel | |
| Neopomacentrus filamentosus
(Macleay, 1882) |
Brown demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus flavicauda
Fricke & Allen, 2021 |
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| Neopomacentrus fuliginosus
(Smith, 1960) |
African demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus metallicus
(Jordan and Seale, 1906) |
Metallic demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus miryae
Dor and Allen, 1977 |
Miry's demoiselle | 
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| Neopomacentrus nemurus
(Bleeker, 1857) |
Coral demoiselle | 
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| Neopomacentrus simulatus
Allen & Erdmann 2024 |
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| Neopomacentrus sindensis
(Day, 1873) |
Arabian demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus sororius
Randall and Allen, 2005 |
Twin demoiselle | 
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| Neopomacentrus taeniurus
(Bleeker, 1856) |
Freshwater demoiselle | |
| Neopomacentrus violascens
(Bleeker, 1848) |
Violet demoiselle | Error creating thumbnail: |
| Neopomacentrus xanthurus
Allen and Randall, 1980 |
Red Sea demoiselle |
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Neopomacentrus taeniurus" in FishBase. April 2018 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Neopomacentrus aquadulcis" in FishBase. April 2018 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Neopomacentrus in FishBase. May 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2348234 entry
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