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: Pomacentrinae
Genera: Altrichthys - Amblyglyphidodon - Amblypomacentrus - Cheiloprion - Chrysiptera - Dischistodus - Hemiglyphidodon - Neoglyphidodon - Neopomacentrus - - Pomacentrus - Pomachromis - Pristotis - Teixeirichthys
Name
Pomacentrinae
Synonyms
Amphiprioninae
References
Cooper, W.J.; Smith, L.L.; Westneat, M.W. 2009: Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 52: 1–16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.010 PDF
Nelson, J.S. 1994: Fishes of the world. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 600pp.
Quenouille, B.; Bermingham, E.; Planes, S. 2004: Molecular systematics of the damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae): Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 31: 66–88. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00278-1
Tang, K.L. 2001: Phylogenetic relationships among damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) as determined by mitochondrial DNA data. Copeia, 2001(3): 591–601. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0591:PRADTP]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR
Vernacular names
English: Damselfish
Pomacentrinae is one of four subfamilies in the family Pomacentridae which includes the clownfishes and the damselfishes. It is the most diverse of the subfamilies in the Pomacentridae with around 21 genera and approximately 200 species.
Characteristics
The species within the Pomacentrinae have orb-like to moderately elongated bodies and they do not have spiny caudal rays projecting out of the caudal peduncle.[2] The majority of species display territoriality and they defend of feeding territory from members of their own species and other species which compete with them for food. They feed on algae, which they appear to cultivate, actively increasing the algal productivity within their territories. Many species lay demersal eggs, which are guarded and fanned by the male.[3] One species, the freshwater demoiselle Neopomacentrus taeniurus is known to enter estuaries and even reaches into the lowest stretches of streams.[2]
Classification
The 5th Edition of Fishes of the World states that the Pomacentrinae is most likely to be paraphyletic but does not break the subfamily into different lineages.[2] Other authorities split the Pomacentrinae into the subfamilies Abudefdufinae and Stegastinae and include the Amphiprioninae, the clownfishes as the tribe Amphiprionini within the Pomacentrinae.[4]
Genera
The following genera are classified in the subfamily Pomacentrinae:[2]
Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
Amblyglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877
Amblypomacentrus Bleeker, 1877
Cheiloprion M.C.W Weber, 1913
Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839
Dischistodus Gill, 1863
Hemiglyphidodon Bleeker, 1877
Hypsypops Gill, 1861
Mecaenichthys Whitley, 1929
Microspathodon Günther, 1862
Neoglyphidodon Allen, 1991
Neopomacentrus Allen, 1975
Nexilosus Heller and Snodgrass, 1903
Parma Günther, 1862
Plectroglyphidodon Fowler & Ball, 1924
Pomacentrus Lacépède, 1802
Pomachromis Allen & Randall, 1974
Pristotis Rüppell, 1838
Similiparma Hensley, 1986
Stegastes Jenyns, 1840
Teixeirichthys J.L.B. Smith, 1953
References
Bailly N, ed. (2013). "Pomacentrinae Boaparte, 1831". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
"Pomacentrinae". Microcosm Aquarium Explorer. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
James Cooper W; Smith LL; Westneat MW. (2009). "Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.010. PMID 19135160. Abstract
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