# Pomacentrus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = PomacentPavoAndyALewis.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Pomacentrus pavo](/source/Pomacentrus_pavo)''
| taxon = Pomacentrus
| authority = [Lacépède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1802
| type_species = ''[Pomacentrus pavo](/source/Pomacentrus_pavo)''
| type_species_authority = Bloch, 1787
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 76, see text.
| synonyms = *''Lepidopomacentrus'' <small>Allen, 1975</small>
*''Omopomacentrus'' <small>Fowler, 1944</small>
*''Parapomacentrus'' <small>Bleeker, 1877</small>
*''Pseudopomacentrus'' <small>Bleeker, 1877</small>
}}

'''''Pomacentrus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [marine](/source/Ocean) [damselfish](/source/damselfish) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pomacentridae](/source/Pomacentridae). These fish inhabit tropical locations and are often captured or bred as [aquarium](/source/aquarium) fish. 
               
==Species==
[[Image:Pomacentrus amboinensis.jpg|thumb|right|''[Pomacentrus amboinensis](/source/Pomacentrus_amboinensis)'']]
[[Image:Pomacentrus auriventris1.jpg|thumb|right|''[Pomacentrus auriventris](/source/Pomacentrus_auriventris)'']]
[[Image:Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus Réunion.jpg|thumb|right|''[Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus](/source/Pomacentrus_caeruleopunctatus)'']]
[[Image:OjiroSD.jpg|thumb|right|''[Pomacentrus chrysurus](/source/Pomacentrus_chrysurus)'']]
[[Image:Pomacentrus moluccensis 1.jpg|thumb|right|''[Pomacentrus moluccensis](/source/Pomacentrus_moluccensis)'']]
thumb|right|''Pomacentrus nagasakiensis''
thumb|right|''Pomacentrus sulfureus''
These are the current recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Habib|first1=Kazi Ahsan|last2=Islam|first2=Md Jayedul|last3=Nahar|first3=Najmun|last4=Neogi|first4=Amit Kumer|date=2020-10-13|title=Pomacentrus bangladeshius, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh|url=http://publication.plazi.org/id/FC3DFFF3CE18D07DFFCFFF97F236FFAD|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4860|issue=3|pages=413–424|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.6|pmid=33055890 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=}}</ref><ref name=":0">Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and Nur I. Hidayat. 2018. ''Pomacentrus bellipictus'', A New Microendemic Species of Damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae) from the Fakfak Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. '''''Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation.''''' 30, 1-10. ''oceansciencefoundation.org/josf30a.html''</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Frable|first1=Benjamin W.|last2=Tea|first2=Yi-Kai|date=2019|title=A New Species of Damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar|url=https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-107/issue-2/CI-19-221/A-New-Species-of-Damselfish-Teleostei--Pomacentridae--Pomacentrus/10.1643/CI-19-221.full|journal=Copeia|volume=107|issue=2|pages=323–331|doi=10.1643/CI-19-221|issn=0045-8511|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

{{Div col|content=*''[Pomacentrus adelus](/source/Pomacentrus_adelus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Obscure damsel) 
*''[Pomacentrus agassizii](/source/Pomacentrus_agassizii)'' <small>[Bliss](/source/Richard_Bliss_Jr.), 1883</small> (Creole damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus albicaudatus](/source/Pomacentrus_albicaudatus)'' <small>[Baschieri-Salvadori](/source/Francesco_Baschieri_Salvadori), 1955</small> (Whitefin damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus albimaculus](/source/Pomacentrus_albimaculus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1975</small> (Whitespot damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus alexanderae](/source/Pomacentrus_alexanderae)'' <small>[Evermann](/source/Barton_Warren_Evermann) & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1907</small> (Alexander's damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus alleni](/source/Pomacentrus_alleni)'' <small>[W.E. Burgess](/source/Warren_E._Burges), 1981</small> (Andaman damsel) 
*''[Pomacentrus amboinensis](/source/Pomacentrus_amboinensis)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1868</small> (Ambon damsel)

* ''[Pomacentrus andamanensis](/source/Pomacentrus_andamanensis)'' <small>Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & Enex Y. Ningsih, 2020</small><ref>Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Ningsih, E.Y. (2020) Pomacentrus andamanensis, a new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 36, 38-48.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340748</ref>

*''[Pomacentrus aquilus](/source/Pomacentrus_aquilus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 1980</small> (Dark damsel)    
*''[Pomacentrus arabicus](/source/Pomacentrus_arabicus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Arabian damsel)       
*''[Pomacentrus armillatus](/source/Pomacentrus_armillatus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1993</small> (Bracelet damselfish)   
*''[Pomacentrus atriaxillaris](/source/Pomacentrus_atriaxillaris)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2002</small>      
*''[Pomacentrus aurifrons](/source/Pomacentrus_aurifrons)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2004</small> (Yellowhead damselfish)      
*''[Pomacentrus auriventris](/source/Pomacentrus_auriventris)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Goldbelly damsel)       
*''[Pomacentrus australis](/source/Pomacentrus_australis)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [D. R. Robertson](/source/David_Ross_Robertson), 1974</small> (Australian damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus azuremaculatus](/source/Pomacentrus_azuremaculatus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Bluespotted damsel)    
*''[Pomacentrus baenschi](/source/Pomacentrus_baenschi)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Baensch's damsel)    
*''[Pomacentrus bangladeshius](/source/Pomacentrus_bangladeshius)'' {{Small|Habib, Islam, Nahar & Neogi, 2020}}    
*''[Pomacentrus bankanensis](/source/Pomacentrus_bankanensis)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1854</small> (Speckled damselfish) 
*''[Pomacentrus bellipictus](/source/Pomacentrus_bellipictus)'' {{Small|Allen, Erdmann & Hidayat, 2018}} <ref name=":0" /> 
*''[Pomacentrus bintanensis](/source/Pomacentrus_bintanensis)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1999</small> (Bintan damselfish) 
*''[Pomacentrus bipunctatus](/source/Pomacentrus_bipunctatus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2004</small>  
*''[Pomacentrus brachialis](/source/Pomacentrus_brachialis)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1830</small> (Charcoal damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus burroughi](/source/Pomacentrus_burroughi)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1918</small> (Burrough's damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus](/source/Pomacentrus_caeruleopunctatus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2002</small>    
*''[Pomacentrus caeruleus](/source/Pomacentrus_caeruleus)'' <small>[Quoy](/source/Jean_Ren%C3%A9_Constant_Quoy) & [Gaimard](/source/Joseph_Paul_Gaimard), 1825</small> (Caerulean damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus callainus](/source/Pomacentrus_callainus)'' <small>[J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2002</small> 
*''[Pomacentrus cheraphilus](/source/Pomacentrus_cheraphilus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), [Erdmann](/source/Mark_van_Nydeck_Erdmann) & [Hilomen](/source/Vincent_V._Hilomen), 2011</small>
*''[Pomacentrus chrysurus](/source/Pomacentrus_chrysurus)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1830</small> (Whitetail damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus coelestis](/source/Pomacentrus_coelestis)'' <small>[D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Starks](/source/Edwin_Chapin_Starks), 1901</small> (Neon damselfish)
*''[Pomacentrus colini](/source/Pomacentrus_colini)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Colin's damsel)       
*''[Pomacentrus cuneatus](/source/Pomacentrus_cuneatus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Wedgespot damsel)        
*''[Pomacentrus emarginatus](/source/Pomacentrus_emarginatus)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1829</small> (Outer-reef damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus fakfakensis](/source/Pomacentrus_fakfakensis)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [Erdmann](/source/Mark_van_Nydeck_Erdmann), 2009</small> (Fakfak damselfish)      
*''[Pomacentrus geminospilus](/source/Pomacentrus_geminospilus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1993</small> (Sabah damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus grammorhynchus](/source/Pomacentrus_grammorhynchus)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1918</small> (Bluespot damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus imitator](/source/Pomacentrus_imitator)'' <small>[Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1964</small> (Imitator damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus indicus](/source/Pomacentrus_indicus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Indian damsel)    
*''[Pomacentrus javanicus](/source/Pomacentrus_javanicus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Java damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus komodoensis](/source/Pomacentrus_komodoensis)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1999</small> (Komodo damselfish)   
*''[Pomacentrus lepidogenys](/source/Pomacentrus_lepidogenys)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler) & [B. A. Bean](/source/Barton_Appler_Bean), 1928</small> (Scaly damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus leptus](/source/Pomacentrus_leptus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 1980</small> (Slender damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus limosus](/source/Pomacentrus_limosus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1992</small> (Muddy damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus littoralis](/source/Pomacentrus_littoralis)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1830</small> (Smoky damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus maafu](/source/Pomacentrus_maafu)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [Drew](/source/Joshua_A._Drew), 2012</small>
*''[Pomacentrus melanochir](/source/Pomacentrus_melanochir)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1877</small> (Indonesian damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus micronesicus](/source/Pomacentrus_micronesicus)'' <small>[S. Y. Liu](/source/Vanson_Liu_Shang-Yin), [H. C. Ho](/source/Hans_Ho_Hsuan-Ching) & [C. F. Dai](/source/Dai_Chang-Feng), 2014</small> (Micronesian damselfish) <ref name=Liu2014>Liu, S.-Y.V., Ho, H.-C.H. & Dai, C.-F. (2014): A new species of ''Pomacentrus'' (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) from Micronesia, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships. ''Zoological Studies, 52 (6): 1-8.''</ref>
*''[Pomacentrus microspilus](/source/Pomacentrus_microspilus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2005</small> 
*''[Pomacentrus milleri](/source/Pomacentrus_milleri)'' <small>[L. R. Taylor](/source/Leighton_R._Taylor_Jr.), 1964</small> (Miller's damselfish)
*''[Pomacentrus moluccensis](/source/Pomacentrus_moluccensis)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1853</small> (Lemon damsel)    
*''[Pomacentrus nagasakiensis](/source/Pomacentrus_nagasakiensis)'' <small>[S. Tanaka (I)](/source/Shigeho_Tanaka), 1917</small> (Nagasaki damsel) 
*''[Pomacentrus nigromanus](/source/Pomacentrus_nigromanus)'' <small>[M. C. W. Weber](/source/Max_Carl_Wilhelm_Weber), 1913</small> (Goldback damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus nigromarginatus](/source/Pomacentrus_nigromarginatus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1973</small> (Blackmargined damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus novaeguineae](/source/Pomacentrus_novaeguineae)'' <small>Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and Ni Putu Dian Pertiwi, 2022</small><ref name="3New"/> (Honeytail damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus opisthostigma](/source/Pomacentrus_opisthostigma)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1918</small> (Brown damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus pavo](/source/Pomacentrus_pavo)'' <small>[Bloch](/source/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch), 1787</small> (Sapphire damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus philippinus](/source/Pomacentrus_philippinus)'' <small>[Evermann](/source/Barton_Warren_Evermann) & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1907</small> (Philippine damsel)       
*''[Pomacentrus pikei](/source/Pomacentrus_pikei)'' <small>[Bliss](/source/Richard_Bliss_Jr.), 1883</small> (Blacklip damsel)     
*''[Pomacentrus polyspinus](/source/Pomacentrus_polyspinus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Thai damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus proteus](/source/Pomacentrus_proteus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Colombo damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus reidi](/source/Pomacentrus_reidi)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler) & [B. A. Bean](/source/Barton_Appler_Bean), 1928</small> (Reid's damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus rodriguesensis](/source/Pomacentrus_rodriguesensis)''  <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Wright](/source/Janet_E._Wright), 2003</small> 
*''[Pomacentrus saksonoi](/source/Pomacentrus_saksonoi)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1995</small> (Anton's damsel)  
*''[Pomacentrus similis](/source/Pomacentrus_similis)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Similar damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus simsiang](/source/Pomacentrus_simsiang)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1856</small> (Blueback damsel)    
*''[Pomacentrus smithi](/source/Pomacentrus_smithi)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler) & [B. A. Bean](/source/Barton_Appler_Bean), 1928</small> (Smith's damsel)   
*''[Pomacentrus spilotoceps](/source/Pomacentrus_spilotoceps)'' <small>[J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2002</small>      
*''[Pomacentrus stigma](/source/Pomacentrus_stigma)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler) & [B. A. Bean](/source/Barton_Appler_Bean), 1928</small> (Blackspot damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus sulfureus](/source/Pomacentrus_sulfureus)'' <small>[Klunzinger](/source/Carl_Benjamin_Klunzinger), 1871</small> (Sulphur damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus taeniometopon](/source/Pomacentrus_taeniometopon)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1852</small> (Brackish damsel)      
*''[Pomacentrus trichrourus](/source/Pomacentrus_trichrourus)'' <small>[Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1867</small> (Paletail damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus trilineatus](/source/Pomacentrus_trilineatus)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1830</small> (Threeline damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus tripunctatus](/source/Pomacentrus_tripunctatus)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1830</small> (Threespot damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus umbratilus](/source/Pomacentrus_umbratilus)'' <small>Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and Ni Putu Dian Pertiwi, 2022</small><ref name="3New">{{Cite journal|last1=Allen |last2=Erdmann |last3= Pertiwi |first1=Gerald R. |first2=Mark V. |first3=Ni Putu Dian |title=Description of three new species of damselfish belonging to the ''Pomacentrus philippinus'' group (Pomacentridae) from Melanesia and the eastern and central Indian Ocean|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359449279 |access-date=November 13, 2023 |date=February 2022 |journal=Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=1–26}}</ref> (Shade damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus vaiuli](/source/Pomacentrus_vaiuli)'' <small>[D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1906</small> (Ocellate damselfish)
*''[Pomacentrus vatosoa](/source/Pomacentrus_vatosoa)'' <small>Frable & Tea, 2019</small>
*''[Pomacentrus wardi](/source/Pomacentrus_wardi)'' <small>[Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1927</small> (Ward's damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus xanthocercus](/source/Pomacentrus_xanthocercus)'' <small>Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and Ni Putu Dian Pertiwi, 2022</small><ref name="3New"/> (Atoll damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus xanthosternus](/source/Pomacentrus_xanthosternus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1991</small> (Yellowbreasted damsel)
*''[Pomacentrus yoshii](/source/Pomacentrus_yoshii)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2004</small>}}

==See also==
*[Damselfish](/source/Damselfish)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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