Pycnochromis

Pycnochromis
Pycnochromis vanderbilti
Scientific classification
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]
Species
See text

Pycnochromis is a genus belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the damselfishes and clownfishes, which is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

The 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

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pycnochromis". FishBase. June 2022 version.