Pomacanthidae

Pomacanthus semicirculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Pomacanthidae
Genera (7): Apolemichthys – Centropyge – Chaetodontoplus – Genicanthus – Holacanthus – Pomacanthus – Pygoplites

In synonymy (4): Euxiphipops – Paracentropyge – Sumireyakko – Xiphypops

Name

• Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Synonyms

• Paradiretmidae Whitley, 1951

References

• Chung, K.C.; Woo, N.Y.S. 1998: Phylogenetic relationships of the Pomacanthidae (Pisces: Teleostei) inferred from allozyme variation. Journal of zoology, 246 (2): 215–231. abstract and full article (PDF)
• Gill, A.C. 2015. A case of mything teeth: on the presence of vomerine and palatine teeth in the Pomacanthidae (Teleostei). Zootaxa 3994(4): 593–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.8. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Pomcovití
English: Marine angelfishes, demoiselles
français: Poissons-anges
日本語: キンチャクダイ科
ไทย: ปลาสินสมุทร
Tagalog: Paruparong-dagat, Kulibangbang

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