Pycnochromis is a genus belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the damselfishes and clownfishes, which is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Pycnochromis | |
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| Pycnochromis vanderbilti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Chrominae |
| Genus: | Pycnochromis Fowler, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler, 1941[1]
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Species
editThe following 24 species are classified within the genus Pycnochromis:[1][2]
- Pycnochromis abruptus (Randall, 2001)
- Pycnochromis acares (Randall & Swerdloff, 1973)
- Pycnochromis alleni (Randall, H. Ida & J. T. Moyer, 1981)
- Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1871)
- Pycnochromis atripes (Fowler & Bean, 1928)
- Pycnochromis bami (Randall & McCosker, 1992)
- Pycnochromis caudalis (Randall, 1988)
- Pycnochromis delta (Randall, 1988)
- Pycnochromis dimidiatus (Klunzinger, 1871)
- Pycnochromis fatuhivae (Randall, 2001)
- Pycnochromis fieldi (Randall & DiBattista, 2013)
- Pycnochromis flavipectoralis (Randall, 1988)
- Pycnochromis hanui (Randall & Swerdloff, 1973)
- Pycnochromis howsoni (Allen & Erdmann, 2014)
- Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
- Pycnochromis leucurus (Gilbert, 1905)
- Pycnochromis lineatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928)
- Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler, 1946)
- Pycnochromis nigrurus (J. L. B. Smith, 1960)
- Pycnochromis ovatiformis (Fowler, 1946)
- Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann, 2020)
- Pycnochromis retrofasciatus (Weber, 1913)
- Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler, 1941
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pomacentrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pycnochromis". FishBase. June 2022 version.