Family Pomacentridae
(damselfishes)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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  Subclass Neopterygii
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  Infraclass Teleostei
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  Superorder Acanthopterygii
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  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes and perchlike fishes)
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  Suborder Labroidei (parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, and wrasses)
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  Family Pomacentridae (damselfishes)
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  Genus Abudefduf (sergeant majors)
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  Genus Acanthochromis
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  Genus Altrichthys
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  Genus Amblyglyphidodon
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  Genus Amblypomacentrus
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  Genus Amphiprion (anemonefishes)
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  Genus Azurina
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  Genus Cheiloprion
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  Genus Chromis
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  Genus Chrysiptera
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  Genus Dascyllus (dascyllus damselfish)
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  Genus Dischistodus
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  Genus Hemiglyphidodon
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  Genus Hypsypops (garibaldi)
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  Genus Labrodascyllus
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  Genus Lepidozygus
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  Genus Mecaenichthys
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  Genus Microspathodon
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  Genus Neoglyphidodon
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  Genus Neopomacentrus (lyretail damselfishes)
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  Genus Nexilosus
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  Genus Parma
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  Genus Plectroglyphidodon
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  Genus Pomacentrus
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  Genus Pomachromis
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  Genus Premnas
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  Genus Pristotis
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  Genus Stegastes
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  Genus Teixeirichthys