Pycnochromis
Pycnochromis is a genus belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the damselfishes and clownfishes, which is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Pycnochromis | |
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| Pycnochromis vanderbilti | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Family: | Pomacentridae | 
| Subfamily: | Chrominae | 
| Genus: | Pycnochromis Fowler, 1941  | 
| Type species | |
| Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler, 1941[1]  | |
| Species | |
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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 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
    
- 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.
 - Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Pycnochromis in FishBase. June 2022 version.
 
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