Altrichthys

Altrichthys is a small genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae, native to the central Indo-Pacific.[1]

Altrichthys
Altrichthys curatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Chrominae
Genus: Altrichthys
Allen, 1999
Species

2, see text.

Species

There are three species in the genus.[1][2]

  • Altrichthys alelia Bernardi, Longo & Quiros, 2017
  • Altrichthys azurelineatus (Fowler and Bean, 1928) - azure damsel
  • Altrichthys curatus (Allen, 1999) guardian damselfish

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Altrichthys in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  2. Bernardi, G. (2011). Monophyletic origin of brood care in damselfishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1) 245-48.


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