Chrominae

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Chrominae
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Chrominae
Allen, 1975

Chrominae is a subfamily of the family Pomacentridae, which consists of the damselfishes and the clownfishes.

Genera[change | change source]

The following genera are broken into the subfamily Chrominae:[1]

The genus Pycnochromis, which is not mentioned in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World, has been regarded as a junior synonym of Chromis but is now recognised as a valid genus by some authorities. In addition, the genera Acanthochromis and Altrichthys which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World included in this subfamily have been reclassified as belonging to the Pomacentrinae.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2022). "Pomacentridae" in FishBase. June 2022 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pomacentridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2022.