''Pomacentrus'' is a

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of marine

damselfish Damselfish are those fish within the subfamilies Abudefdufinae, Chrominae, Lepidozyginae, Pomacentrinae, and Stegastinae within the family Pomacentridae. Most species within this group are relatively small, although the four largest speci ...

in the

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Pomacentridae Pomacentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. This family were formerly placed in the order Perciformes or as indeterminate percomorphs, but are now considered basal blenniiforms. They are primaril ...

. These fish inhabit tropical locations and are often captured or bred as

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fish.

Species

These are the current recognized species in this genus: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''

References

Pomacentrinae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Long stubs with short prose {{Pomacentridae-stub

Species

See also

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