Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Pomacentrinae
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.
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
Microspathodon bairdii (Gill, 1862)
Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill, 1862)
Microspathodon frontalis Emery, 1970
Microspathodon frontatus Emery, 1970
References
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Microspathodon in FishBase. January 2006 version.
