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Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831

114149  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114149)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. Pomacentridae (Family)
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  1. Genus Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
  2. Genus Acanthochromis Gill, 1863
  3. Genus Altrichthys Allen, 1999
  4. Genus Amblyglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877
  5. Genus Amblypomacentrus Bleeker, 1877
  6. Genus Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  7. Genus Azurina Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898
  8. Genus Chaychanus Magno Cantalice, Alvarado-Ortega & Bellwood, 2020 †
  9. Genus Cheiloprion Weber, 1913
  10. Genus Chiarachromis Bellwood, Bannikov & Zorzin, 2025 †
  11. Genus Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  12. Genus Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839
  13. Genus Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829
  14. Genus Dischistodus Gill, 1863
  15. Genus Heliases Cuvier, 1815
  16. Genus Hemiglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877
  17. Genus Hypsypops Gill, 1861
  18. Genus Labrodascyllus Di Caporiacco, 1948
  19. Genus Lepidozygus Günther, 1862
  20. Genus Mecaenichthys Whitley, 1929
  21. Genus Microspathodon Günther, 1862
  22. Genus Neoglyphidodon Allen, 1991
  23. Genus Neopomacentrus Allen, 1975
  24. Genus Nexilosus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
  25. Genus Parma Günther, 1862
  26. Genus Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924
  27. Genus Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
  28. Genus Pomachromis Allen & Randall, 1974
  29. Genus Premnas Cuvier, 1816
  30. Genus Priscacara Cope, 1877 †
  31. Genus Pristotis Rüppell, 1838
  32. Genus Pseudopomacentrus Bleeker, 1877
  33. Genus Similiparma Hensley, 1986
  34. Genus Sorbinichromis Bannikov & Bellwood, 2014 †
  35. Genus Stegastes Jenyns, 1840
  36. Genus Teixeirichthys Smith, 1953
  37. Genus Triaenodon Philippi, 1876 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  38. Genus Äbudefduf Forskål, 1775 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
  39. Genus Abudefdus accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
  40. Genus Acanthocromis accepted as Acanthochromis Gill, 1863 (misspelling)
  41. Genus Actinicola Fowler, 1904 accepted as Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  42. Genus Actinochromis Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Parma Günther, 1862
  43. Genus Agripopa Whitley, 1928 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  44. Genus Amblygliphidodon accepted as Amblyglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 (misspelling)
  45. Genus Amblyglyphisodon accepted as Amblyglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 (misspelling)
  46. Genus Ambyglyphidodon accepted as Amblyglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 (misspelling)
  47. Genus Ayresia Cooper, 1863 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  48. Genus Azurella Jordan, 1919 accepted as Microspathodon Günther, 1862
  49. Genus Belochromis Fowler, 1944 accepted as Azurina Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898
  50. Genus Brachypoma Lunel, 1881 accepted as Stegastes Jenyns, 1840
  51. Genus Brachypomacentrus Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Stegastes Jenyns, 1840
  52. Genus Cbrysiptera accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  53. Genus Centrochromis Norman, 1922 accepted as Microspathodon Günther, 1862
  54. Genus Chromanthias Whitley, 1935 accepted as Lepidozygus Günther, 1862
  55. Genus Chromis Oken, 1817 (ex Cuvier) accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814 (synonym)
  56. Genus Chrysoptera Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  57. Genus Ctenoglyphidodon Fowler, 1918 accepted as Hemiglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877
  58. Genus Daya Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Pristotis Rüppell, 1838
  59. Genus Demoisellea Whitley, 1928 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  60. Genus Dorychromis Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  61. Genus Euchistodus Weber & Beaufort, 1911 accepted as Euschistodus Gill, 1862 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
  62. Genus Eupomacentrus Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Stegastes Jenyns, 1840
  63. Genus Euschistodus Gill, 1862 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
  64. Genus Furcaria Poey, 1860 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  65. Genus Gliphidodon accepted as Glyphisodon Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
  66. Genus Gliphydodon Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Glyphisodon Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (unjustified emendation)
  67. Genus Gliphysodon Duméril, 1805 accepted as Glyphisodon Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
  68. Genus Glyphididontops accepted as Glyphidodontops Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  69. Genus Glyphidodon Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Glyphisodon Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (unjustified emendation)
  70. Genus Glyphidodontops Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839
  71. Genus Glyphidondontops accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839
  72. Genus Glyphidontops accepted as Glyphidodontops Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  73. Genus Glyphisidon accepted as Glyphisodon Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
  74. Genus Glyphisodon Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
  75. Genus Heliases Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814 (synonym)
  76. Genus Heliastes Lowe, 1838 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814 (synonym)
  77. Genus Heliasus Griffith in Cuvier, 1834 (Misspelling)
  78. Genus Heliazes Valenciennes in Webb & Berthelot, 1843 accepted as Heliases Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814 (misspelling)
  79. Genus Hemiglyphidon accepted as Hemiglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 (misspelling)
  80. Genus Heptadecanthus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 accepted as Acanthochromis Gill, 1863
  81. Genus Hoplochromis Fowler, 1918 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  82. Genus Indoglyphidodon Fowler, 1944 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
  83. Genus Iredaleichthys Whitley, 1928 accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839
  84. Genus Lepidochromis Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814 (synonym)
  85. Genus Lepidopomacentrus Allen, 1975 accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
  86. Genus Lepidozygous accepted as Lepidozygus Günther, 1862 (misspelling)
  87. Genus Lutianus Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 (misspelling)
  88. Genus Negostegastes Whitley, 1929 accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924
  89. Genus Nexilarius Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
  90. Genus Oliglyphisodon Fowler, 1941 accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924
  91. Genus Omopomacentrus Fowler, 1944 accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
  92. Genus Onychognathus Troschel, 1866 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  93. Genus Paraglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
  94. Genus Paramphiprion Wang, 1941 accepted as Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  95. Genus Parapomacentrus Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
  96. Genus Pellochromis Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829
  97. Genus Phalerebus Whitley, 1929 accepted as Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym)
  98. Genus Pirene Gistel, 1848 accepted as Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829
  99. Genus Plectoglyphidodon accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924 (misspelling)
  100. Genus Plectrogliphidodon accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924 (misspelling)
  101. Genus Plectroglyphitodon accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924 (misspelling)
  102. Genus Plectroglypidodon accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924 (misspelling)
  103. Genus Pomacenteus accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
  104. Genus Pomachromus accepted as Pomachromis Allen & Randall, 1974 (misspelling)
  105. Genus Pomataprion Gill, 1863 accepted as Microspathodon Günther, 1862
  106. Genus Pomatocentrus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
  107. Genus Pomocentrius Swainson, 1838 accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802
  108. Genus Pomocentrus accepted as Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
  109. Genus Prochilus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Premnas Cuvier, 1816
  110. Genus Prochilus Klein, 1775 accepted as Premnas Cuvier, 1816 (synonym)
  111. Genus Prochilus Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  112. Genus Pterocyclosoma Fowler, 1941 accepted as Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924
  113. Genus Pycnochromis Fowler, 1941 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  114. Genus Segastes accepted as Stegastes Jenyns, 1840 (misspelling)
  115. Genus Semadascyllus Fowler, 1941 accepted as Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829
  116. Genus Serrichromis Fowler, 1943 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  117. Genus Siphonochromis Fowler, 1946 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  118. Genus Tetrades Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829
  119. Genus Tetradrachmum Cantor, 1849 accepted as Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
  120. Genus Thrissochromis Fowler, 1941 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  121. Genus Wangia Fowler, 1954 accepted as Teixeirichthys Smith, 1953
  122. Genus Wangietta Whitley, 1965 accepted as Teixeirichthys Smith, 1953
  123. Genus Zabulon Whitley, 1928 accepted as Chromis Cuvier, 1814
  124. Genus Acanthochromis Bleeker, 1877 (uncertain, unassessed)
  125. Genus Nannapogon Fowler, 1938 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2023). Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114149 on 2025-07-05
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2023-05-20 14:33:10Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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