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Lyretail damselfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Neopomacentrus

Higher classification
  
Pomacentridae

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Pomacentridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Pomacentridae, Neopomacentrus azysron, Neopomacentrus cyanomos, Dischistodus, Neoglyphidodon

The lyretail damselfishes are fishes in the genus Neopomacentrus in the family Pomacentridae. They are marine coastal fishes except N. taeniurus that occurs in brackish waters, and even in pure fresh water.

Species

  • Neopomacentrus anabatoides (Bleeker, 1847)
  • Neopomacentrus aquadulcis Jenkins and Allen, 2002
  • Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)
  • Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846)
  • Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Neopomacentrus fallax (Peters, 1855)
  • Neopomacentrus filamentosus (Macleay, 1882)
  • Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith, 1960)
  • Neopomacentrus metallicus (Jordan and Seale, 1906)
  • Neopomacentrus miryae Dor and Allen, 1977
  • Neopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)
  • Neopomacentrus sindensis (Day, 1873)
  • Neopomacentrus taeniurus Freshwater demoiselle (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Neopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker, 1848)
  • Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen and Randall, 1980

    • References

    Lyretail damselfish Wikipedia
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