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 Tribe Pomacentrini . — The tribe contains Amblypomacentrus sensu novum , Neopomacentrus , Pomacentrus , Pristotis , and Teixeirichthys . In terms of diversity, the group is dominated by Pomacentrus . Though not so named, some workers have inferred phylogenies containing a clade consistent with what we report herein ( Litsios et al., 2012b ; Frédérich et al., 2013 ; Rabosky et al., 2013 ; DiBattista et al., 2016). However, other studies did not find these taxa together, instead resolving a separate clade composed of some combination of Neopomacentrus , Pristotis , and Teixeirichthys (Cooper et al., 2009; Cowman and Bellwood, 2011; Hofmann et al., 2012 ; Litsios et al., 2012a ; Lobato et al., 2014 ; Gaboriau et al., 2018 ; Rabosky et al., 2018 ; Delrieu-Trottin et al., 2019), which was often sister to Amphiprionini . Where those recent phylogenies have agreed is in consistently finding Amblypomacentrus , frequently associated with stray ‘‘ Chrysiptera ’’ (equivalent to our Amblypomacentrus sensu lato ), in a clade with Pomacentrus (Cooper et al., 2009; Cowman and Bellwood, 2011; Hofmann et al., 2012 ; Litsios et al., 2012a ; Frédérich et al., 2013 ; Rabosky et al., 2013 , 2018 ; Lobato et al., 2014 ; DiBattista et al., 2016; Mirande, 2016 ; Gaboriau et al., 2018 ; Delrieu-Trottin et al., 2019).