Biology:Pomacentrus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pomacentrus
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Pomacentrus pavo
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Pomacentrus
Lacépède, 1802
Type species
Pomacentrus pavo
Bloch, 1787
Species

76, see text.

Synonyms
  • Lepidopomacentrus Allen, 1975
  • Omopomacentrus Fowler, 1944
  • Parapomacentrus Bleeker, 1877
  • Pseudopomacentrus Bleeker, 1877

Pomacentrus is a genus of marine damselfish in the family Pomacentridae. These fish inhabit tropical locations and are often captured or bred as aquarium fish.

Species

Pomacentrus amboinensis
Pomacentrus auriventris
Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus
Pomacentrus chrysurus
Pomacentrus moluccensis
Pomacentrus nagasakiensis
Pomacentrus sulfureus

There are currently 76 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]


See also

References

  1. Habib, Kazi Ahsan; Islam, Md Jayedul; Nahar, Najmun; Neogi, Amit Kumer (2020-10-13). "Pomacentrus bangladeshius, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh". Zootaxa 4860 (3): 413–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4860.3.6. 
  2. Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and Nur I. Hidayat. 2018. Pomacentrus bellipictus, A New Microendemic Species of Damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae) from the Fakfak Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 30, 1-10. oceansciencefoundation.org/josf30a.html
  3. Frable, Benjamin W.; Tea, Yi-Kai (2019). "A New Species of Damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar". Copeia 107 (2): 323–331. doi:10.1643/CI-19-221. ISSN 0045-8511. https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-107/issue-2/CI-19-221/A-New-Species-of-Damselfish-Teleostei--Pomacentridae--Pomacentrus/10.1643/CI-19-221.full. 

Wikidata ☰ Q934789 entry