Pomacentrinae

Pomacentrinae
Pomacentrus pavo the type species of the genus Pomacentrus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Bonaparte, 1831[1]
Type species
Pomacentrus pavo
Bloch, 1787

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.

  1. ^ Bailly N, ed. (2013). "Pomacentrinae Boaparte, 1831". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.