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==Genera== The 5th edition of Fishes of the World recognises 31 genera in three subfamilies in the family Pomacentridae:<ref name = Nelson5/><ref name = CofF/><ref name = VDLEF/> † means extinct {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Subfamily [[Chrominae]] <small>[[Gerald R. Allen|Allen]], 1975</small> ** ''[[Acanthochromis]]'' <small>[[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1863:</small> ** ''[[Altrichthys]]'' <small>Allen, 1999</small> ** ''[[Azurina]]'' <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D.S. Jordan]] & [[Ernest Alexander McGregor|McGregor]], 1898</small> ** ''[[Chromis]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1814</small> ** ''[[Dascyllus]]'' <small>Cuvier, 1829</small> * Subfamily Lepidozyginae <small>Allen, 1975</small> ** ''[[Lepidozygus]]'' <small>[[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1862</small> * Subfamily [[Pomacentrinae]] <small>[[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1831</small> ** ''[[Abudefduf]]'' <small>[[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1775</small> ** ''[[Amblyglyphidodon]]'' <small>[[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1877</small> ** ''[[Amblypomacentrus]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1877</small> ** ''[[Clownfish|Amphiprion]]'' <small>[[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] & [[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1801</small> ** ''[[Cheiloprion]]'' <small>[[Max Carl Wilhelm Weber|M.C.W. Weber]], 1913</small> ** ''[[Chrysiptera]]'' <small>[[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1839</small> ** ''[[Dischistodus]]'' <small>Gill, 1863</small> ** ''[[Hemiglyphidodon]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1877</small> ** ''[[Hypsypops]]'' <small>Gill, 1861</small> ** ''[[Mecaenichthys]]'' <small>[[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1929</small> ** ''[[Microspathodon]]'' <small>Günther, 1862</small> ** ''[[Neoglyphidodon]]'' <small>Allen, 1991</small> ** ''[[Neopomacentrus]]'' <small>Allen, 1975</small> ** ''[[Nexilosus]]'' <small>[[Edmund Heller|Heller]] & [[Robert Evans Snodgrass|Snodgrass]], 1903</small> ** ''[[Parma (fish)|Parma]]'' <small>Günther, 1862</small> ** ''[[Plectroglyphidodon]]'' <small>Fowler & [[Stanley C. Ball|Ball]], 1824</small> ** ''[[Pomacentrus]]'' <small>[[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1802</small> ** ''[[Pomachromis]]'' <small>Allen & [[John Ernest Randall|Randall]], 1974</small> ** ''[[Premnas]]'' <small>Cuvier, 1816</small> ** ''[[Pristotis]]'' <small>[[Eduard Rüppell|Rüppell]], 1838</small> ** ''[[Similiparma]]'' <small>[[Dannie A. Hensley|Hemsley]], 1986</small> ** ''[[Stegastes]]'' <small>[[Leonard Jenyns|Jenyns]], 1840</small> ** ''[[Teixeirichthys]]'' <small>[[J. L. B. Smith]], 1953</small> * {{extinct}}''[[Palaeopomacentrus]]'' <small>[[David Bellwood|Bellwood]] & [[Lorenzo Sorbini|Sorbini]], 1996</small> <ref name = B&S1996>{{cite journal | author1 = D. R. Bellwood | author2 = L. Sorbini | name-list-style = and | year = 1996 | title = A review of the fossil record of the Pomacentridae (Teleostei: Labroidei) with a description of a new genus and species from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 117 | issue = 2 | pages = 159–174| doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02154.x | s2cid = 84430386 | doi-access = free }}</ref> {{div col end}} Other authorities recognise 4 subfamilies and classify the family as follows:<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family | family = Pomacentridae | access-date = 2 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tang |first=Kevin L. |last2=Stiassny |first2=Melanie L. J. |last3=Mayden |first3=Richard L. |last4=DeSalle |first4=Robert |date=2021-05-05 |title=Systematics of Damselfishes |url=https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyology-and-herpetology/volume-109/issue-1/i2020105/Systematics-of-Damselfishes/10.1643/i2020105.full |journal=Ichthyology & Herpetology |volume=109 |issue=1 |doi=10.1643/i2020105 |issn=2766-1512|doi-access=free }}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Subfamily Chrominae ** ''Azurina'' ** ''Chromis'' ** ''Dascyllus'' ** ''[[Pycnochromis]]'' <small>Fowler, 1941</small> * Subfamily Glyphisodontinae ** ''Abudefduf'' * Subfamily Microspathodontinae ** ''Lepidozygus'' ** ''Mecaenichthys'' ** ''Parma'' ** ''Plectroglyphidodon'' ** ''Stegastes'' **Tribe Microspathodontini *** ''Hypsypops'' *** ''Microspathodon'' *** ''Nexilosus'' *** ''Similiparma'' * Subfamily Pomacentrinae ** Tribe Amphiprionini *** ''[[Clownfish|Amphiprion]]'' *** ''Premnas'' ** Tribe Cheiloprionini *** ''Cheiloprion'' *** ''Chrysiptera'' *** ''Dischistodus'' *** ''Pomachromis'' ** Tribe Hemiglyphidodontini *** ''Acanthochromis'' *** ''Altrichthys'' *** ''Amblyglyphidodon'' *** ''Hemiglyphidodon'' *** ''Neoglyphidodon'' ** Tribe Pomacentrini *** ''Amblypomacentrus'' *** ''Neopomacentrus'' *** ''Pomacentrus'' *** ''Pristotis'' *** ''Teixeirichthys'' * †''Palaeopomacentrus'' {{div col end}} <gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed"> Image:Abudefduf sexfasciatus Réunion.jpg|''[[Abudefduf sexfasciatus]]'' Image:Acanthochromis polyacanthus.jpg|''[[Acanthochromis polyacanthus]]'' Image:Amblyglyphidodon curacao.jpg|''[[Amblyglyphidodon curacao]]'' Image:Green.chromis.arp.jpg|''[[Chromis viridis]]'' Image:Crysiptera_hemicyanea.jpg|''[[Chrysiptera hemicyanea]]'' Image:Dascyllus trimaculatus Réunion.jpg|''[[Dascyllus trimaculatus]]'' Image:Hypsypops_rubicundus_adult.jpg|''[[Hypsypops rubicundus]]'' Image:Yellowtail damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus (4657125482).jpg|''[[Microspathodon chrysurus]]'' Image:Neoglyphidodon melas.jpg|''[[Neoglyphidodon melas]]'' Image:Parma_kermadecensis_%28Kermadec_scalyfin%29.jpg|''[[Parma kermadecensis]]'' Image:Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Réunion.JPG|''[[Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus]]'' Image:Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus Réunion.jpg|''[[Pomacentrus caeruleus]]'' Image:Maroon Clown Fish444.jpg|''[[Premnas biaculeatus]]'' Image:Stegastes nigricans.JPG|''[[Stegastes nigricans]]'' </gallery>
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