WoRMS taxon details
Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Genus Apolemichthys Burton, 1934
Genus Centropyge Kaup, 1860
Genus Chaetodontoplus Bleeker, 1876
Genus Genicanthus Swainson, 1839
Genus Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Paracentropyge Burgess, 1991
Genus Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933
Genus Acanthochaetodon Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Angelichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Centriopyge accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Centropyges accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 (misspelling)
Genus Desmoholacanthus Fowler, 1941 accepted as Apolemichthys Burton, 1934
Genus Euxiphipops Fraser-Brunner, 1934 accepted as Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Holocanthus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
Genus Sumireyakko Burgess, 1991 accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860
Genus Centropyge Kaup, 1860
Genus Chaetodontoplus Bleeker, 1876
Genus Genicanthus Swainson, 1839
Genus Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Paracentropyge Burgess, 1991
Genus Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933
Genus Acanthochaetodon Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Angelichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Holacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Centriopyge accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Centropyges accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860 (misspelling)
Genus Desmoholacanthus Fowler, 1941 accepted as Apolemichthys Burton, 1934
Genus Euxiphipops Fraser-Brunner, 1934 accepted as Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Genus Holocanthus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798
Genus Sumireyakko Burgess, 1991 accepted as Centropyge Kaup, 1860
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tropical Atlantic, Indian, and (mainly western) Pacific. Strongly compressed body. Angle of preopercle with a strong spine....
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151470 on 2023-06-07
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomacanthidae USNM 404101 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomacanthidae USNM 404213 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomacanthidae USNM 404101 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomacanthidae USNM 404213 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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