What is Chrominae?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Dascyllus trimaculatus Réunion.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Dascyllus trimaculatus]]'' | taxon = Chrominae | display_parents = 3 | authority = [[Gerald R. Allen|Allen]], 1975 }} '''Chrominae''' is a [[subfamily]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Pomacentridae]], which consists of the [[damselfish]]es and the [[clownfish]]es. ==Genera== The following [[genera]] are broken into the subfamily Chrominae:<ref name = Nelson5>{{cite book |title=Fishes of the World |edition=5th |author1=J. S. Nelson |author2=T. C. Grande |author3=M. V. H. Wilson |year=2016 |pages=752 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-34233-6 |url=https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |archive-date=2019-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''[[Azurina]]'' <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D.S. Jordan]] & [[Ernest Alexander McGregor|McGregor]], 1898</small> * ''[[Chromis]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1814</small> * ''[[Dascyllus]]'' <small>Cuvier, 1829</small> * ''[[Pycnochromis]]'' <small>[[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1941</small><ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase family|family=Pomacentridae|month=June|year=2022}}</ref> The [[genus]] ''Pycnochromis'', which is not mentioned in the 5th edition of ''[[Fishes of the World]]'', has been regarded as a [[junior synonym]] of ''Chromis'' but is now recognised as a valid genus by some authorities. In addition, the genera ''[[Acanthochromis]]'' and ''[[Altrichthys]]'' which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World included in this subfamily have been [[wikt:reclassified|reclassified]] as belonging to the [[Pomacentrinae]].<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Pomacentridae|access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q659250}} [[Category:Chrominae| ]] [[Category:Pomacentridae]]