Systematics of Damselfishes Author Tang, Kevin L. Author Stiassny, Melanie L. J. Author Mayden, Richard L. Author DeSalle, Robert text Ichthyology & Herpetology 2021 2021-05-05 109 1 258 318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/i2020105 journal article 53279 10.1643/i2020105 cf572f6b-8843-4383-85ce-ac9ea8515e87 2766-1520 7846738 Neoglyphidodon . — Since these species were placed in their own genus (as Paraglyphidodon ; Allen, 1975a) and then relocated to the newly erected Neoglyphidodon (Allen, 1991) , the composition of the group has been widely accepted and its monophyly has been corroborated consistently by subsequent phylogenetic studies ( Quenouille et al., 2004 ; Cooper et al., 2009; Cowman and Bellwood, 2011; Hofmann et al., 2012 ; Litsios et al., 2012a , 2012b ; Frédérich et al., 2013 ; Rabosky et al., 2013 , 2018 ; Lobato et al., 2014 ; DiBattista et al., 2016; Gaboriau et al., 2018 ; Delrieu-Trottin et al., 2019). There are currently nine species classified in Neoglyphidodon , most of which inhabit the East Indies (Allen and Erdmann, 2012). We examined seven of the nine, missing only N. crossi and N. mitratus , and found robust support (100% bootstrap) for the monophyly of the genus. Our phylogeny shows a ladder-like topology of sequential sister taxa ( N. oxyodon , N. polyacanthus , N. bonang , N. melas , N. carlsoni , N. nigroris , and N. thoracotaeniatus ) that is congruent with all of the studies cited above except Gaboriau et al. (2018) and Rabosky et al. (2018) , where the positions of N. carlsoni and N. nigroris are switched. Of the two species not sampled, Allen (1991: 221) stated that N. crossi most closely resembled N. bonang and Allen and Erdmann (2012: 1137) stated that N. mitratus and N. thoracotaeniatus are a geminate species pair. If that is accurate, then the two most basal species, N. oxyodon and N. polyacanthus , would be the only ones that lack scales on the suborbital (Allen, 1991: 246) and the remaining seven species would share a scaled suborbital.