WoRMS taxon details
Pomacanthidae
AphiaID: 151470
AphiaID: 151470
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Perciformes | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Apolemichthys Burton, 1934 Genus Centropyge Kaup, 1860 Genus Chaetodontoplus Genus Genicanthus Swainson, 1839 Genus Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Paracentropyge Genus Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933 Genus Acanthochaetodon accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Angelichthys accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Arusetta Fraser-Brunner, 1933 accepted as Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Centropyges accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 Genus Chetodon accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Desmoholacanthus accepted as Apolemichthys Burton, 1934 Genus Euxiphipops accepted as Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Holocanthus accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous, 1798 Genus Pomacanthodes Gill, 1862 accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Pomacanthops Smith, 1955 accepted as Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Sumireyakko accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 Genus Xiphipops Jordan, 1922 accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Tropical Atlantic, Indian, and (mainly western) Pacific. Strongly compressed body. Angle of preopercle with a strong spine. Three spines in anal fin. Many species have an elongate extension on hind margin of soft dorsal and anal fins. Caudal fin rounded to strongly lunate with 15 branched rays. Vertebrae 24 (10+14). Striking coloration, markedly different between juveniles and adults of many species. In shallow waters of less than 20 m deep, very seldom below 50 m; generally near coral reefs. All species studied to date are protogynous hermaphrodites with 'haremic' social system. Species of Centropyge feed primarily on filamentous algae and species of Genicanthus feed primarily on zooplankton; most others feed on sponges, invertebrates, algae and fish eggs. Poma- = operculum, acanth- (gr.) = spine [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151470 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pomacanthidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151470 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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