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Pomacentridae (damselfishes)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pomacentridae is a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are primarily marine, while a few species inhabit freshwater and brackish environments (e.g., Neopomacentrus aquadulcis, N. taeniurus, Pomacentrus taeniometopon, Stegastes otophorus). They are noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality. Many are brightly colored, so they are popular in aquaria.
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Genus

Abudefduf (sergeant majors) (27)
Acanthochromis (2)
Altrichthys (3)
Amblyglyphidodon (Damselfish) (12)
Amblypomacentrus (Damselfish) (3)
Amphiprion (anemonefishes) (33)
Azurina (Damselfish) (2)   (1)
Cheiloprion (Damselfish) (1)
Chromis (113)
Chrysiptera (Damselfish) (43)   (1)
Dascyllus (dascyllus damselfish) (12)
Dischistodus (Damselfish) (7)
Glyphidodon (5)
Hemiglyphidodon (Damselfish) (1)
Hypsypops (garibaldi) (1)
Izuus (1)
Labrodascyllus (1)
Lepidozygus (Damselfish) (1)
Lorenzichthys (1)
Mecaenichthys (Damselfish) (1)
Microspathodon (Damselfish) (5)
Neoglyphidodon (Damselfish) (9)
Neopomacentrus (lyretail damselfishes) (18)   (1)
Nexilosus (Sergeant) (1)
Palaeopomacentrus (1)
Parma (Damselfish) (10)
Plectroglyphidodon (Damselfish) (10)
Pomacentrus (98)
Pomachromis (Damselfish) (4)
Premnas (Damselfish) (3)
Priscacara (9)
Pristotis (Damselfish) (2)
Pseudopomacentrus (1)
Pycnochromis (7)
Similiparma (Damselfish) (2)
Sorbinichromis (1)
Stegastes (Damselfish) (38)
Teixeirichthys (Damselfish) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0