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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Stegastinae
Genus: Microspathodon
Species: M. bairdii – M. chrysurus – M. dorsalis – M. frontatus
Name

Microspathodon Günther, 1862: 35, 57

Type species: Glyphisodon chrysurus Cuvier, 1830
Type by monotypy
Gender: masculine

Synonyms

Centrochromis Norman, 1922
Pomataprion Gill, 1863

References

Günther, A. 1862: Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4: i-xxi + 1-534.
Carter, J.A. and L. Kaufman 2003: Pomacentridae (Pp. 1694-1700). In: Carpenter 2003 [ref. 27082]. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. v. 3.

Vernacular names
English: Damselfishes

Microspathodon is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
Species

There are four species in the genus:[2]

Microspathodon bairdii (Gill, 1862)
Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill, 1862)
Microspathodon frontatus Emery, 1970

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Microspathodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microspathodon". FishBase. June 2018 version.

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