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Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin. No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33.
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Smith, J. L. B.
1960
Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea
Ichthyological Bulletin
No. 19: 317-349, Pls. 26-33
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Gives a Key to the genera and descriptions of species in the family Pomacentridae, found in the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. There are 68 species divided into 12 genera given; 8 new species are described, while at least 20 are apparently endemic. Some of the species present problems in classification; malidentifications are common and the synonymy of some species is involved
Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 (additional source)
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record) Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) (additional source) Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (basis of record) Chromis Cuvier, 1814 (additional source) Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829 (basis of record) Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) (basis of record) Pomacentrus Lacepède, 1802 (basis of record) Premnas Cuvier, 1816 (basis of record) Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Amphiprion biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790) (additional source)
English agile chromis [from synonym] for Chromis agilis Smith, 1960
English pemba chromis for Chromis pembae Smith, 1960
English spinecheek anemonefish [from synonym] for Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790)
English yellow-edge chromis for Chromis pembae Smith, 1960
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