Lyretail damselfish

Lyretail damselfish
Neopomacentrus taeniurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Pomacentrinae
Genus:	Neopomacentrus Allen, 1975
Type species
Glyphisodon anabatoides Bleeker, 1847

The lyretail damselfishes are fishes in the genus Neopomacentrus in the family Pomacentridae. They are all marine coastal fishes but N. taeniurus and N. aquadulcis are known to occur in brackish waters, and even in pure fresh water.

Species

• Neopomacentrus anabatoides (Silver demoiselle) (Bleeker, 1847)
• Neopomacentrus aquadulcis (Sweetwater demoiselle) Jenkins and Allen, 2002
• Neopomacentrus azysron (Yellowtail demoiselle) (Bleeker, 1877)
• Neopomacentrus bankieri (Chinese demoiselle) (Richardson, 1846)
• Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Regal demoiselle) (Bleeker, 1856)
• Neopomacentrus fallax (Violet damsel) (Peters, 1855)
• Neopomacentrus filamentosus (Brown demoiselle) (Macleay, 1882)
• Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (African demoiselle) (Smith, 1960)
• Neopomacentrus metallicus (Metallic demoiselle) (Jordan and Seale, 1906)
• Neopomacentrus miryae (Miry's demoiselle) Dor and Allen, 1977
• Neopomacentrus nemurus (Coral demoiselle) (Bleeker, 1857)
• Neopomacentrus sindensis (Arabian demoiselle) (Day, 1873)
• Neopomacentrus sororius (Twin demoiselle) Randall and Allen, 2005
• Neopomacentrus taeniurus (Freshwater demoiselle) (Bleeker, 1856)
• Neopomacentrus violascens (Violet demoiselle) (Bleeker, 1848)
• Neopomacentrus xanthurus (Red Sea demoiselle) Allen and Randall, 1980

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neopomacentrus". FishBase. May 2018 version.