Pomacenter [1] , or reef fish ( lat. Pomacentridae ) , is a family of brightly colored tropical marine fish from the order of perciformes (Perciformes). There are 387 species combined in 29 genera and 4 subfamilies. Distributed mainly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as in the tropical waters of the Atlantic .
| Pomacenter |
Pomacentrus |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Pomacentridae Bonaparte , 1832 |
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- Amphiprioninae
- Chrominae
- Lepidozyginae
- Pomacentrinae
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They are characterized by ctenoid scales , weak teeth and only one row of branchial leaves on the fourth branchial arch (the back row is underdeveloped). They feed on small animals and especially small polyps of coral reefs , among which the majority of fish live.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the family belonged to the pharyngeal (Pharyngognathi) bony fish. In the modern classification, the pomocenter ones are part of the order of perched fish (Perciformes).
Subfamily Amphiprioninae
- Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - Amphiprions , or Clown Fish
- Premnas Cuvier, 1816
Subfamily Chrominae 5 genera, 112 species
- Acanthochromis gill, 1863 monotypic
- Altrichthys Allen, 1999 2 species
- Azurina Jordan & McGregor, 1898 2 species
- Chromis Cuvier, 1814 - Chromis 97 species
- Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829 - Dascils 10 species
- Dascyllus aruanus - Zebra Dascil
- Dascyllus reticulatus - Mesh dascil
- Dascyllus trimaculatus - Three-spotted dascil
Subfamily Lepidozyginae
- Lepidozygus Günther, 1862 - Lepidozig , or monotypic lyre-tailed swallow fish
Subfamily Pomacentrinae 21 genus, 244 species
- Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 - Abudefduf 20 species
- Amblyglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 - Tall body swallow fish 11 species
- Amblypomacentrus Bleeker, 1877 3 species
- Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839 - Chrysipters
- Dischistodus Gill, 1863 - Dishistodes
- Hemiglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877 - Hemiglyphidodones
- Hypsypops Gill, 1861 - Garibaldia
- Labrodascyllus
- Mecaenichthys Whitley, 1929
- Microspathodon Günther, 1862 - Morocots
- Neoglyphidodon Allen, 1991
- Neopomacentrus Allen, 1975
- Nexilosus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 - Castanets
- Parma Günther, 1862 - Parma
- Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924 - Plectroglyphidodones
- Cheiloprion Weber, 1913 - Spiny Swallow Fish
- Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802 - Leopoldites
- Pomacentrus pavo - Leopoldite Peacock
- Pomachromis Allen & Randall, 1974
- Pristotis Rüppell, 1838 - Pristotis
- Pseudopomacentrus Bleeker, 1877
- Similiparma Hensley, 1986
- Stegastes Jenyns, 1840 - Stegastes
- Teixeirichthys Smith, 1953 - Teixeiricht
