Chrominae
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Green swallowtail ( Chromis viridis ) |
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The Chrominae are one of the traditional subfamilies of the damselfish (Pomacentridae). In addition to the species-poor genera Acanthochromis , Azurina and Mecaenichthys , they include the well-known Prussian fish and the genus Chromis , which is the largest genus of damselfish with over 80 species . All chrominae live in larger groups, feed on zooplankton and live in coral and rock reefs in tropical and subtropical areas of the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific .
Genera
- Swallowtail Damselfish ( Acanthochromis polyacanthus )
- Azurina
- Chromis
- Prussian fish ( Dascyllus )
- Mecaenichthys
According to a more recent phylogenetic study, the subfamily is not monophyletic , as Acanthochromis polyacanthus is more closely related to other damselfish genera such as Amblyglyphidodon , Acanthochromis , Amphiprion , Chrysiptera and Pomacentrus than to Chromis and Dascyllus . Chromis and Dascyllus together form a clade, Dascyllus being part of Chromis . The position of Mecaenichthys is unclear, Azurina was not the subject of the study.
literature
- Gerald R. Allen: Damselfish of the World . Mergus Verlag, Melle 1991, ISBN 3-88244-007-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ B. Quenouille, E. Bermingham & S. Planes: Molecular systematics of the damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae): Bayesian phylogenetic analyzes of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences , Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (2004) 66–88 PDF ( page no longer retrievable , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
