Definition of Pomacentrus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pomacentrus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Pomacentridae, Pomacentridae
Member holonyms: Beaugregory, Pomacentrus Leucostictus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomacentrus

Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus tenuiculus
Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Polysphondylium
Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum aculeatum
Polystichum adiantiformis
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
Pomacanthus
Pomacentridae
Pomacentrus (current term)
Pomacentrus leucostictus
Pomaderris
Pomaderris apetala
Pomatomidae
Pomatomus
Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomerania
Pomeranian
Pomeranians
Pomeroy
Pomeroy's operation
Pommyland
Pomo
Pomoan

Literary usage of Pomacentrus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fishes of Zanzibar by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"62, t. 198. f. 2. abu dafur, Forsk. p. 15. Pomacentrus aruanus ... Fish. iv. p. 18. Coast of Mozambique. 279. Pomacentrus pavo. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"The height of the body is one-third or less than one-third of the total length. * 1. Pomacentrus emarginatus, Cuc. $ Val. vp 422; Less. Voy. Coqu. Zool. ..."

3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"Several of the species Pomacentrus. Prof. Poey gives a synopsis, with notes, ... 326 et seqq., describing as new species Pomacentrus partitas and ana/is, p. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila., Pomacentrus ... Günther's. species, as well as the West Indian ones, have, therefore, been much greater Pomacentrus ..."

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