Pomacentrus
Encyclopedia
Pomacentrus is a genus
of marine
fish
in the family
Pomacentridae
. These fish inhabit tropical locations and are often captured or bred as aquarium
fish.
Species
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of marine
Ocean
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fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae are a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are primarily marine, while a few species inhabit freshwater and brackish environments . They are noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality...
. These fish inhabit tropical locations and are often captured or bred as aquarium
Aquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
fish.
SpeciesSpeciesIn biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of Pomacentrus
- Pomacentrus adelus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus agassizii Bliss, 1883
- Pomacentrus albicaudatus Baschieri-Salvadori, 1955
- Pomacentrus albimaculus Allen, 1975
- Pomacentrus albolineatus Montalban, 1928
- Pomacentrus alexanderae Evermann and Seale, 1907
- Pomacentrus alleniPomacentrus alleniPomacentrus alleni is a Damselfish from the Eastern Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 cm in length....
Burgess, 1981, Neon Damsel Fish. - Pomacentrus amboinensisPomacentrus amboinensisPomacentrus amboinensis is a Damselfish from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 9cm in length....
Bleeker, 1868 - Pomacentrus aquilus Allen and Randall, 1980
- Pomacentrus arabicus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus armillatus Allen, 1993
- Pomacentrus atriaxillaris Allen, 2002
- Pomacentrus aurifrons Allen, 2004
- Pomacentrus auriventrisPomacentrus auriventrisPomacentrus auriventris is a Damselfish from the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 5.5cm in length....
Allen, 1991 - Pomacentrus australis Allen and Robertson, 1974
- Pomacentrus azuremaculatus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus baenschi Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus bankanensisPomacentrus bankanensisPomacentrus bankanensis is a Damselfish from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 9cm in length....
Bleeker, 1853 - Pomacentrus bintanensis Allen, 1999
- Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830, Charcoal Damsel.
- Pomacentrus burroughi Fowler, 1918
- Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus Allen, 2002
- Pomacentrus caeruleusPomacentrus caeruleusPomacentrus caeruleus is a Damselfish from the Western Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 10cm in length....
Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 - Pomacentrus callainus Randall, 2002
- Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
- Pomacentrus coelestisPomacentrus coelestisThe neon damselfish, pomacentrus coelestis is a Damselfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 9cm in length....
Jordan and Starks, 1901 - Pomacentrus colini Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus cuneatus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus emarginatus Cuvier, 1829
- Pomacentrus fuscidorsalis (Allen and Randall, 1974)
- Pomacentrus geminospilus Allen, 1993
- Pomacentrus grammorhynchus Fowler, 1918
- Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964)
- Pomacentrus indicus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus javanicus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus komodoensis Allen, 1999
- Pomacentrus lepidogenys Fowler and Bean, 1928
- Pomacentrus leptus Allen and Randall, 1980
- Pomacentrus limosus Allen, 1992
- Pomacentrus littoralis Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
- Pomacentrus melanochir Bleeker, 1877
- Pomacentrus milleri Taylor, 1964
- Pomacentrus modestus Castelnau, 1875
- Pomacentrus moluccensisPomacentrus moluccensisPomacentrus moluccensis is a Damselfish from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in length....
Bleeker, 1853 - Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1917
- Pomacentrus nigromanus Weber, 1913
- Pomacentrus nigromarginatusPomacentrus nigromarginatusPomacentrus nigromarginatus is a Damselfish from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 8cm in length....
, Allen, 1973, Blackmargined Damsel. - Pomacentrus niomatus Jordan and Seale, 1906
- Pomacentrus opisthostigma Fowler, 1918
- Pomacentrus ovoides Cartier, 1874
- Pomacentrus pavoPomacentrus pavoPomacentrus pavo is a Damselfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 8.5cm in length....
(Bloch, 1787), Sapphire Damsel or Peacock Damsel. - Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann and Seale, 1907
- Pomacentrus pikei Bliss, 1883
- Pomacentrus pingi Wang, 1941
- Pomacentrus polyspinus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus profundus De Vis, 1885
- Pomacentrus proteus Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus reidi Fowler and Bean, 1928
- Pomacentrus rodriguesensis Allen and Wright, 2003
- Pomacentrus saksonoi Allen, 1995
- Pomacentrus similis Allen, 1991
- Pomacentrus simsiangPomacentrus simsiangPomacentrus simsiang is a Damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 7 cm in length....
Bleeker, 1856 - Pomacentrus smithiPomacentrus smithiPomacentrus smithi is a Damselfish from the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 7cm in length....
Fowler and Bean, 1928 - Pomacentrus spilotoceps Randall, 2002
- Pomacentrus stigma Fowler and Bean, 1928
- Pomacentrus sulfureus Klunzinger, 1871
- Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker, 1852
- Pomacentrus trichourus Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867
- Pomacentrus trichrourus Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867
- Pomacentrus trilineatus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
- Pomacentrus tripunctatusPomacentrus tripunctatusThe three-spot damsel is a small solitary damselfish. Found in reef habitats ranging from the Indian Ocean to Melanesia....
Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 - Pomacentrus vaiuliPomacentrus vaiuliPomacentrus vaiuli is a Damselfish from the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 10 cm in length....
Jordan and Seale, 1906 - Pomacentrus venustulus Rochebrune, 1885
- Pomacentrus wardi Whitley, 1927
- Pomacentrus xanthosternus Allen, 1991