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). Its high species diversity has been attributed to an increased rate of diversification (Cowman and Bellwood, 2011;
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). Of the 81 species currently recognized in the genus, 54 were examined for this study plus an additional undescribed species (
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; Delrieu-Trottin et al., 2019). Where there was disagreement, it mainly came from analyses that relied on Cooper et al. (2009) for data representing
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(e.g., Cowman and Bellwood, 2011;
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; DiBattista et al., 2016). As discussed above, there is convincing evidence that Cooper et al. (2009) did not infer a monophyletic
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE915E16CC918FF8A6" box="[549,680,1766,1787]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because their sequences for
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE9223172992EFF944" box="[344,456,1795,1817]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Altrichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE9223172992EFF944" box="[344,456,1795,1817]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Altrichthys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were erroneous (Bernardi, 2011). Aside from that anomalous result and the misidentified
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE93D6171592BCF909" authorityName="Bliss" authorityYear="1883" box="[173,411,1855,1876]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agassizii">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE93D6171592BCF909" box="[173,411,1855,1876]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus agassizii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above), there is robust support for the monophyly of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE92C417769165F92C" box="[447,578,1884,1905]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE92C417769165F92C" box="[447,578,1884,1905]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28433D65FF86FFEE930417539743FB8A" blockId="38.[103,773,1028,2024]" lastBlockId="38.[820,1491,178,2024]" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">
There are relatively few genus-group names currently in the synonymy of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE923A17BD92E3F9F1" box="[321,452,1943,1964]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE923A17BD92E3F9F1" box="[321,452,1943,1964]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
<typeStatus id="F74783C7FF86FFEE916A17BD9166F9F1" box="[529,577,1943,1964]" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">type</typeStatus>
species of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE91B517BD93CFF997" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1877" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Parapomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE91B517BD93CFF997" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Parapomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE9383179F92C1F997" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[248,486,1972,1994]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polynema">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE9383179F92C1F997" box="[248,486,1972,1994]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus polynema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) is currently considered a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE938317F89293F9BA" baseAuthorityName="Bloch" baseAuthorityYear="1787" box="[248,436,2002,2023]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pavo">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE938317F89293F9BA" box="[248,436,2002,2023]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus pavo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the
<typeStatus id="F74783C7FF86FFEE928917F89105F9BA" box="[498,546,2002,2023]" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">type</typeStatus>
species of
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE91DA17F89714FE95" box="[673,1075,178,2023]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE91DA17F89079FE94" box="[673,862,180,2023]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pomacentrus</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE901010989714FE95" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[875,1075,178,200]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pseudopomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudopomacentrus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
was originally erected as a subgenus (
<typeStatus id="F74783C7FF86FFEE904710FA904AFEB8" box="[828,877,208,229]" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">type</typeStatus>
species:
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE90A910FB9765FEBB" authorityName="Dalyell" authorityYear="1853" box="[978,1090,208,230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pseudopomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90A910FB9765FEBB" box="[978,1090,208,230]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Allen (1975a: 43) also established
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE904F10C790DEFF5E" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1975" box="[820,1017,237,259]" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Lepidopomacentrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE904F10C790DEFF5E" box="[820,1017,237,259]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Lepidopomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subgenus (
<typeStatus id="F74783C7FF86FFEE97D210C497FDFF5E" box="[1193,1242,238,259]" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">type</typeStatus>
species:
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE964710C496EEFF5E" baseAuthorityName="Randall" baseAuthorityYear="2002" box="[1340,1481,237,259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lepidogenys">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE964710C496EEFF5E" box="[1340,1481,237,259]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. lepidogenys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and provided a key for the subgenera of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE978C1126965DFF7C" box="[1271,1402,268,289]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE978C1126965DFF7C" box="[1271,1402,268,289]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that he recognized (
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE90C111029758FF63" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1975" box="[954,1151,296,318]" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Lepidopomacentrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90C111029758FF63" box="[954,1151,296,318]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Lepidopomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE97F011039629FF63" box="[1163,1294,297,318]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97F011039629FF63" box="[1163,1294,297,318]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE96311102905BFF01" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pseudopomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96311102905BFF01" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pseudopomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). An important character used to differentiate
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE96DD116D90F2FF24" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1975" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Lepidopomacentrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96DD116D90F2FF24" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Lepidopomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was the presence of scales on the preorbital and suborbital. However, other species with similar conditions (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE90BD11B59765FFE9" authorityName="Dalyell" authorityYear="1853" box="[966,1090,414,436]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pseudopomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90BD11B59765FFE9" box="[966,1090,414,436]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE972111B597D4FFE9" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[1114,1267,414,436]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE972111B597D4FFE9" box="[1114,1267,414,436]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) were referred to
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE904F119197B8FF8F" authority="(Allen, 1975 a)" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[820,1183,443,466]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pseudopomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE904F119190DBFF8C" box="[820,1020,443,465]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pseudopomacentrus</emphasis>
(Allen, 1975a)
</taxonomicName>
. Subsequently, more species of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE902F11F090F0FFB2" box="[852,983,474,495]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE902F11F090F0FFB2" box="[852,983,474,495]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported with such scales (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE96BA11F09058FC51" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96BA11F09058FC51" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE90EF11DD972EFC51" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[916,1033,502,524]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90EF11DD972EFC51" box="[916,1033,502,524]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE976611DD97B1FC51" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[1053,1174,503,524]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cuneatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE976611DD97B1FC51" box="[1053,1174,503,524]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. cuneatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE97D011DD966BFC51" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1999" box="[1195,1356,502,524]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="komodoensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97D011DD966BFC51" box="[1195,1356,502,524]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. komodoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Allen and Randall, 1981; Allen, 1991, 1999b).
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE97C6123E9684FC74" authorityName="Randall" authorityYear="2002" box="[1213,1443,531,553]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="callainus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97C6123E9684FC74" box="[1213,1443,531,553]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus callainus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally considered a color variant of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE97A412189051FC38" authority="(Randall, 2002)" baseAuthorityName="Randall" baseAuthorityYear="2002" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lepidogenys">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97A41218964DFC1A" box="[1247,1386,561,583]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. lepidogenys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF86FFEE960C121B9049FC38" author="Randall, J. E." pageId="38" pageNumber="296" pagination="167 - 176" refId="ref76767" refString="Randall, J. E. 2002. Two new damselfishes of the genus Pomacentrus from the south-west Pacific. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 5: 167 - 176." type="journal article" year="2002">Randall, 2002</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and they are sister species in our phylogeny (
<figureCitation id="B0C721E0FF86FFEE961112649683FC38" box="[1386,1444,590,613]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[142,170,1900,1920]" captionTargetBox="[194,1477,178,1870]" captionTargetId="figure-1@7.[194,1477,178,1870]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 1. The phylogenetic relationships of damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae): (A) outgroup taxa; (B) subfamilies Microspathodontinae and Glyphisodontinae; (C) subfamily Chrominae; (D) subfamily Pomacentrinae (part I); (E) subfamily Pomacentrinae (part II). The phylogeny is based on the maximum-likelihood topology with the best log likelihood score (ln L ¼ 45,4518.728) recovered from ten independent maximum-likelihood analyses of a data matrix composed of 462 taxa and 6,865 nucleotides. Bootstrap values from 1,000 ultrafast replicates are displayed for each node" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7846740" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7846740/files/figure.png" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
), so it is not surprising they share scaled infraorbitals. Others with this feature are members of the
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE97B012A096F6FCC2" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[1227,1489,649,671]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97B012A096F6FCC2" box="[1227,1489,649,671]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex, for which it is diagnostic:
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE967D128D968FFCE1" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[1286,1448,678,700]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albiaxillaris">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE967D128D968FFCE1" box="[1286,1448,678,700]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. albiaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE96BB128D909DFC87" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavoaxillaris">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96BB128D909DFC87" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. flavoaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE90B112EF9745FC87" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[970,1122,709,730]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magniseptus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90B112EF9745FC87" box="[970,1122,709,730]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. magniseptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(variable, usually absent), and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE96BA12EF979CFCA5" authority="(Allen et al., 2017 b)" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="2017" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigriradiatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96BA12EF9090FCAA" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. nigriradiatus</emphasis>
(Allen et al., 2017b)
</taxonomicName>
. Therefore it would be expected that they also share that trait with the namesake of the complex.
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE90AE13379787FD6F" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="2004" box="[981,1184,796,818]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yoshii">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90AE13379787FD6F" box="[981,1184,796,818]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus yoshii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which Allen and Randall (2004b) regarded as closely related to
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE979813109656FD12" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[1251,1393,825,847]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE979813109656FD12" box="[1251,1393,825,847]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but was not included in the
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE974B137297E5FD30" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[1072,1218,855,877]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE974B137297E5FD30" box="[1072,1218,855,877]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (Allen et al., 2017b, 2017c), also possesses scales on the infraorbitals. Aside from a brief mention in Allen (2001), the subgeneric framework has gone unused in his subsequent works on
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE904F13E79090FDBF" box="[820,951,973,994]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE904F13E79090FDBF" box="[820,951,973,994]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., Allen and Randall, 1981, 2004b, 2005; Allen, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999b, 2002, 2004; Allen and Wright, 2003; Allen and Erdmann, 2009b; Allen et al., 2011, 2017b, 2017c, 2018b; Allen and Drew, 2012). The relationships seen in this study demonstrate that it would be difficult to make use of the existing subgenera without substantial revisions. Based on the location of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE97CC14549663FACE" baseAuthorityName="Randall" baseAuthorityYear="2002" box="[1207,1348,1149,1171]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lepidogenys">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97CC14549663FACE" box="[1207,1348,1149,1171]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. lepidogenys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
relative to
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF86FFEE96BA145490ADFAED" authorityName="Dalyell" authorityYear="1853" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pseudopomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96BA145490ADFAED" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<typeStatus id="F74783C7FF86FFEE90E714B190EAFAED" box="[924,973,1179,1200]" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">type</typeStatus>
species of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE972B14B0963FFAED" box="[1104,1304,1178,1200]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pseudopomacentrus</emphasis>
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), recognition of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE904F149290DEFA93" box="[820,1017,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Lepidopomacentrus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE974F149297DBFA93" box="[1076,1276,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pseudopomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as subgenera
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE96E1149396F5FA93" box="[1434,1490,1209,1230]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">sensu</emphasis>
Allen (1975a)
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would leave several
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97B714FC9668FAB6" box="[1228,1359,1238,1259]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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clades not included in either. Placing
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE971314D8960AFB55" box="[1128,1325,1266,1288]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Lepidopomacentrus</emphasis>
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in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90F2153A9776FB7B" box="[905,1105,1296,1318]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pseudopomacentrus</emphasis>
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, thereby dividing
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE9660153B96B9FB7B" box="[1307,1438,1297,1318]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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into two broad subgenera (
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE974915049792FB1E" box="[1074,1205,1326,1347]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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for
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE979315049614FB1E" box="[1256,1331,1326,1347]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. pavo</emphasis>
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and its allies;
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE904F156090DBFB3D" box="[820,1020,1354,1376]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pseudopomacentrus</emphasis>
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for the bulk of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97DF15669600FB3C" box="[1188,1319,1356,1377]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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), would resolve that problem but
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE977A1543978BFB23" box="[1025,1196,1384,1406]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. xanthosternus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as the sister group of all other
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE900D15AC90DEFBC6" box="[886,1017,1414,1435]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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, would still require a subgeneric name and there are no available genus-group names based on that species (
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).
</paragraph>
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There are three distinct lineages within
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE965915F59682FBA9" box="[1314,1445,1503,1524]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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. As stated above,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90B615D69751F84C" box="[973,1142,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. xanthosternus</emphasis>
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is the sister species of all other
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE904F16339090F873" box="[820,951,1561,1582]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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examined.
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97331633964EF873" box="[1096,1385,1560,1582]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus xanthosternus</emphasis>
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has not been the subject of much study but, in its original description, Allen (1991: 233) remarked that the species is [c]learly separable from other
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by the combination of colour pattern, a relatively low (16) lateral-line count and 2324 gill rakers. The remaining species are divided into two groups. The first includes the
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species,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE964E16E0965BF882" box="[1333,1404,1738,1759]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. pavo</emphasis>
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, and its allies. These fishes, except for
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97DF16CD965CF8A1" box="[1188,1403,1766,1788]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
(Allen, 2002)
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, are generally more elongate than other
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE9634172F96F5F947" box="[1359,1490,1797,1818]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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(body depth usually 2.3 in SL; Allen, 1991;
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). Allen (1975a: 202) noted that brightly colored, elongate species (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE90B11777971EF92F" box="[970,1081,1884,1906]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE9731177797B1F92F" box="[1098,1174,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">P. pavo</emphasis>
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) are midwater zooplankton specialists, in contrast to other
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE97E21750963BF9D2" box="[1177,1308,1914,1935]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
spp.
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, which are generalist omnivores. Species of this group exhibit a similar body form as other midwater damselfishes that forage in the water column (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE975C17F897F7F9BA" box="[1063,1232,2002,2023]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Neopomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF86FFEE979D17FB9656F9BA" box="[1254,1393,2001,2023]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="296">Pomachromis</emphasis>
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), where they capture individual prey items via plankton picking (Allen and
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; Davis and Birdsong, 1973;
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).
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: table S3) detected possible cryptic diversity in
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF926D11269247FF7C" box="[278,352,268,289]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pavo</emphasis>
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, which they characterized as geographic monophyly with deep divergence (their Pattern 2) between individuals of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF924D116D92A4FF01" box="[310,387,327,348]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pavo</emphasis>
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from
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compared to those from
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.
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: fig. 3, tables S3, S4) showed similar results, finding reciprocal monophyly between lineages from the Indian and Pacific Oceans (their Pattern II.1). Allen (1991) reported coloration differences between the two populations, where [w]estern Indian Ocean specimens frequently have pronounced black margins on the dorsal and anal fins. Allen and Randall (2004b) noted that it has the widest range of any
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF91521218918BFC1A" box="[553,684,562,583]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
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, extending from the western Indian Ocean (east Africa) to the central Pacific (Tuamotu Islands), in a genus whose species are otherwise more geographically restricted and seemingly widespread species are often complexes of cryptic species (Allen et al., 2017b). As the
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species of
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, any changes to its species limits could have nomenclatural implications. In such a scenario, the Indo-Australian lineage (
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locality: East Indies; Bloch, 1787) would retain the name
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF93A213109200FD12" box="[217,295,826,847]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pavo</emphasis>
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. No apparent available names exist for the western Indian Ocean population, if it does indeed represent hidden diversity. Of the names in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF919A135F900BFDD7" box="[737,812,885,906]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pavo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Allen, 1991;
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), all appear to originate from regions outside of the western Indian Ocean.
</paragraph>
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The clade with
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF922F13E792BAFDBF" box="[340,413,973,994]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pavo</emphasis>
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can be further subdivided into two lineages:
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF938813C1921DFA5D" box="[243,314,1003,1024]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pavo</emphasis>
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plus its sister species,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF915013C19159FA5D" box="[555,638,1002,1024]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. leptus</emphasis>
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, in one and the neon damsels in the other. The latter group has been called different names by various authors: blue damsel complex (Allen, 1991: 232),
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF920F146992C2FA05" box="[372,485,1090,1112]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (
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),
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF93F5144A924CFA28" box="[142,363,1119,1141]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">Pomacentrus coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex (
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),
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF93F51454924CFACE" box="[142,363,1149,1171]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">Pomacentrus coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (
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). This set of species currently comprises
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF917814B19179FAED" box="[515,606,1178,1200]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. alleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF910E14B19024FAED" box="[629,771,1179,1200]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. auriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF906114B19262FA93" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="2002" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeruleopunctatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF906114B19262FA93" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF922F149392EBFA93" authorityName="Quoy &amp; Gaimard" authorityYear="1825" box="[340,460,1208,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF922F149392EBFA93" box="[340,460,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF92A01493916FFA93" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Starks" authorityYear="1901" box="[475,584,1208,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coelestis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF92A01493916FFA93" box="[475,584,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF912D149391D5FA93" authorityName="Liu, Ho &amp; Dai" authorityYear="2013" box="[598,754,1209,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micronesicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF912D149391D5FA93" box="[598,754,1209,1230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. micronesicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF93F514FC93C8FAB6" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[142,239,1237,1259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF93F514FC93C8FAB6" box="[142,239,1237,1259]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They are slender planktivores with brilliant blue coloration, sometimes accompanied by varying amounts of bright yellow markings. Their similarities have been discussed before (e.g., Allen, 1991, 2002;
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;
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,
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;
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).
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found that members of this clade displayed the conserved karyotype (2n
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF925715AE9219FBC6" bold="true" box="[300,318,1412,1435]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">¼</emphasis>
48; NF
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF92F415AE9286FBC6" bold="true" box="[399,417,1412,1435]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">¼</emphasis>
48) compared to other
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF91D915AC9002FBC6" box="[674,805,1414,1435]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which usually have much higher fundamental numbers (76;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF87FFEF92FB15EA91B6FB8B" author="Klinkhardt, M. &amp; M. Tesche &amp; H. Greven" box="[384,657,1472,1494]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" refId="ref70887" refString="Klinkhardt, M., M. Tesche, and H. Greven. 1995. Database of Fish Chromosomes. Westarp Wissenschaften, Magdeburg, Germany." type="book" year="1995">Klinkhardt et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
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; Arai, 2011). They proposed a potential synapomorphy for this group: organization of ribosomal genes in a syntenic, but non-colocalized array on the long arm of chromosome 5. Although their sampling was limited to only two species (
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF920D167E92DAF834" box="[374,509,1620,1641]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. auriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9143167E91B2F834" box="[568,661,1619,1641]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), both clades seen in
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were represented, one from each ocean basin. Our data matrix included all species except
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF93F516869243F89C" box="[142,356,1707,1729]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, for the reasons discussed below. The phylogenetic relationships we recovered within this complex are compatible with those previously reported (
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: fig. 4;
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: fig. 2). The species fall into two geographically discrete clades: one inhabiting the Indian Ocean (
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF939217159218F909" box="[233,319,1854,1876]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. alleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9229171592EAF909" authorityName="Quoy &amp; Gaimard" authorityYear="1825" box="[338,461,1854,1876]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9229171592EAF909" box="[338,461,1854,1876]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF916D17159150F909" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[534,631,1854,1876]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF916D17159150F909" box="[534,631,1854,1876]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the other inhabiting the Pacific Ocean (
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF92A017779146F92F" box="[475,609,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. auriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9114177791FCF92F" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Starks" authorityYear="1901" box="[623,731,1884,1906]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coelestis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9114177791FCF92F" box="[623,731,1884,1906]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF906117779237F9D2" authorityName="Liu, Ho &amp; Dai" authorityYear="2013" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micronesicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF906117779237F9D2" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. micronesicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In the Indian Ocean clade,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF912317509192F9D2" box="[600,693,1913,1935]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sister to
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF93F517B293C5F9F0" box="[142,226,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. alleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF939217BC93DCF9F0" bold="true" box="[233,251,1942,1965]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">þ</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF927817B2925BF9F0" authorityName="Quoy &amp; Gaimard" authorityYear="1825" box="[259,380,1943,1965]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF927817B2925BF9F0" box="[259,380,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; in the Pacific clade,
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF910F17B29036F9F0" box="[628,785,1944,1965]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. micronesicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sister to
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9394179F9251F997" box="[239,374,1973,1994]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. auriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9206179992A8F997" bold="true" box="[381,399,1971,1994]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">þ</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF92ED179F9123F997" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Starks" authorityYear="1901" box="[406,516,1972,1994]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coelestis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF92ED179F9123F997" box="[406,516,1972,1994]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. With denser intraspecific sampling,
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found possible cryptic diversity in
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF909C109E97A2FE95" box="[999,1157,179,201]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. micronesicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(corroborating
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),
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF902010FB90C7FEBB" box="[859,992,209,230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. auriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nested within
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97FF10FB97C9FEBB" box="[1156,1262,208,230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. coelestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF965010FB96DEFEBB" box="[1323,1529,208,230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nested within
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF908710C49754FF5E" authorityName="Quoy &amp; Gaimard" authorityYear="1825" box="[1020,1139,237,259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF908710C49754FF5E" box="[1020,1139,237,259]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The last result caused
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to raise questions about whether
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF963B1126905DFF63" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct from
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF974311039797FF63" box="[1080,1200,296,318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, that outcome was likely due to an identification error because the voucher specimen of the only
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF972B114E9607FF24" box="[1104,1312,355,377]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in their phylogeny (
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: fig. 2; cap_mad77347) appears to have been misidentified at the time of their study. Upon further examination, the fishes in SAIAB 77347 (KU T6913), originally labeled as
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF972511F0961CFFB3" box="[1118,1339,472,495]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, have all been reidentified as
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF977011DD97A0FC51" box="[1035,1159,502,524]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because they display only one horizontally elongate mark on the scales of the posterior body (O. Gon, pers. comm.). That character differentiates
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF96931218909EFC39" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9772126597F9FC39" box="[1033,1246,590,612]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which usually has 23 such marks on each scale (Allen, 2002). This affects the following GenBank records:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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(
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF87FFEF909B12EE97C0FC84" author="Frederich, B. &amp; L. Sorenson &amp; F. Santini &amp; G. J. Slater &amp; M. E. Alfaro" box="[992,1255,708,730]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" pagination="94 - 113" refId="ref66743" refString="Frederich, B., L. Sorenson, F. Santini, G. J. Slater, and M. E. Alfaro. 2013. Iterative ecological radiation and convergence during the evolutionary history of damselfishes (Pomacentridae). The American Naturalist 181: 94 - 113." type="journal article" year="2013">Frédérich et al., 2013</bibRefCitation>
: table S1),
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,
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(
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). The only novel record presently available on BOLD (UKFBJ948-08) also originated from SAIAB 77347. The lone sequence attributed to this species that is not derived from SAIAB 77347 was also published in
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. They sequenced cyt
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9697137D96DEFD30" box="[1516,1529,855,877]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">b</emphasis>
(
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF87FFEF9018135E90F9FDD6" box="[867,990,884,907]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/KM198771" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">KM198771</accessionNumber>
) from a different specimen (SAIAB 80854) that did not appear in their phylogeny. That fish has also been reidentified as
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF977C139A97A5FD98" box="[1031,1154,943,965]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for the same diagnostic reasons given above (O. Gon, pers. comm.). As a result, there are no confirmed sequences of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF970913C19663FA5D" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="2002" box="[1138,1348,1002,1024]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeruleopunctatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF970913C19663FA5D" box="[1138,1348,1002,1024]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. caeruleopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently available. Its relationships and status remain unresolved.
</paragraph>
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The remainder of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF974C140C979DFA66" box="[1079,1210,1062,1083]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF974C140C979DFA66" box="[1079,1210,1062,1083]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
falls into a single large clade. Its basal group is composed of western Indian Ocean species that primarily have XIV dorsal-fin spines. Species of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9020145490F9FACE" box="[859,990,1150,1171]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9020145490F9FACE" box="[859,990,1150,1171]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
typically display XIII spines (Allen, 1991; Allen and Wright, 2003). There are 21 species that possess a modal count of XIV dorsal spines:
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97F3149397CCFA93" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" box="[1160,1259,1208,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97F3149397CCFA93" box="[1160,1259,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF978C14939642FA93" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[1271,1381,1208,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF978C14939642FA93" box="[1271,1381,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF960A149396D5FA93" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1993" box="[1393,1522,1208,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="armillatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF960A149396D5FA93" box="[1393,1522,1208,1230]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. armillatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF902014FC90D5FAB6" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="2002" box="[859,1010,1237,1259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atriaxillaris">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF902014FC90D5FAB6" box="[859,1010,1237,1259]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. atriaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF977C14FC9758FAB6" authorityName="Allen &amp; Robertson" authorityYear="1974" box="[1031,1151,1237,1259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF977C14FC9758FAB6" box="[1031,1151,1237,1259]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97EF14FC962BFAB6" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[1172,1292,1237,1259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baenschi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97EF14FC962BFAB6" box="[1172,1292,1237,1259]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. baenschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF965A14FC96F4FAB6" authorityName="Habib, Islam, Nahar &amp; Neogi" authorityYear="2020" box="[1313,1491,1237,1259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bangladeshius">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF965A14FC96F4FAB6" box="[1313,1491,1237,1259]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. bangladeshius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF969314FC90E5FB55" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Hidayat" authorityYear="2018" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bellipictus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF969314FC90E5FB55" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. bellipictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90A914D99778FB55" authorityName="Allen &amp; Erdmann" authorityYear="2009" box="[978,1119,1266,1288]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fakfakensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90A914D99778FB55" box="[978,1119,1266,1288]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. fakfakensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF971614D997F7FB55" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="2002" box="[1133,1232,1266,1288]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Amblyglyphidodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF971614D997F7FB55" box="[1133,1232,1266,1288]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97A414D9961CFB55" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1964" box="[1247,1339,1266,1288]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97A414D9961CFB55" box="[1247,1339,1266,1288]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF963114D996D5FB55" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1918" box="[1354,1522,1266,1288]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="opisthostigma">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF963114D996D5FB55" box="[1354,1522,1266,1288]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. opisthostigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9020153B908FFB7B" authorityName="Bliss" authorityYear="1883" box="[859,936,1296,1318]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikei">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9020153B908FFB7B" box="[859,936,1296,1318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pikei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90C0153B9763FB7B" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[955,1092,1296,1318]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90C0153B9763FB7B" box="[955,1092,1296,1318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. polyspinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF972D153B979BFB7B" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[1110,1212,1297,1318]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="proteus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF972D153B979BFB7B" box="[1110,1212,1297,1318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. proteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97B5153B963FFB7B" authorityName="Fowler &amp; Bean" authorityYear="1928" box="[1230,1304,1296,1318]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reidi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97B5153B963FFB7B" box="[1230,1304,1296,1318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. reidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9650153B96F1FB7B" authorityName="Allen &amp; Wright" authorityYear="2003" box="[1323,1494,1296,1318]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rodriguesensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9650153B96F1FB7B" box="[1323,1494,1296,1318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. rodriguesensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9693153B90B8FB1E" authorityName="Fowler &amp; Bean" authorityYear="1928" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigma">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9693153B90B8FB1E" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. stigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90D415049703FB1E" authorityName="Klunzinger" authorityYear="1871" box="[943,1060,1325,1347]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sulfureus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90D415049703FB1E" box="[943,1060,1325,1347]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. sulfureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97481504979CFB1E" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1867" box="[1075,1211,1325,1347]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trichrourus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97481504979CFB1E" box="[1075,1211,1325,1347]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trichrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF978015049644FB1E" authorityName="Frable &amp; Tea" authorityYear="2019" box="[1275,1379,1326,1347]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vatosoa">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF978015049644FB1E" box="[1275,1379,1326,1347]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. vatosoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Allen, 1991, 1993, 2002; Allen and Wright, 2003; Allen and Erdmann, 2009b; Allen et al., 2018b;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF87FFEF97FF1542964EFB20" author="Frable, B. W. &amp; Y. - K. Tea" box="[1156,1385,1384,1406]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" pagination="323 - 331" refId="ref66648" refString="Frable, B. W., and Y. - K. Tea. 2019. A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107: 323 - 331." type="journal article" year="2019">Frable and Tea, 2019</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF87FFEF960F154290B1FBC1" author="Habib, K. A. &amp; M. J. Islam &amp; N. Nahar &amp; A. K. Neogi" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" pagination="413 - 424" refId="ref68284" refString="Habib, K. A., M. J. Islam, N. Nahar, and A. K. Neogi. 2020. Pomacentrus bangladeshius, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh. Zootaxa 4860: 413 - 424." type="journal article" year="2020">Habib et al., 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Allen and Wright (2003) observed that species with XIV dorsal spines are concentrated in the Indian Ocean, particularly in the western Indian Ocean, where almost half of them are found (
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF973F15F5978BFBA9" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" box="[1092,1196,1502,1524]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF973F15F5978BFBA9" box="[1092,1196,1502,1524]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97C515F59617FBA9" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[1214,1328,1502,1524]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97C515F59617FBA9" box="[1214,1328,1502,1524]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF963915F596F1FBA9" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="2002" box="[1346,1494,1502,1524]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atriaxillaris">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF963915F596F1FBA9" box="[1346,1494,1502,1524]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. atriaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF969315F59093F84C" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1991" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baenschi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF969315F59093F84C" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. baenschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90BC15D6970AF84C" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="2002" box="[967,1069,1531,1553]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Amblyglyphidodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90BC15D6970AF84C" box="[967,1069,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF973B15D697AAF84C" authorityName="Bliss" authorityYear="1883" box="[1088,1165,1531,1553]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikei">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF973B15D697AAF84C" box="[1088,1165,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. pikei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97E415D6966DF84C" authorityName="Allen &amp; Wright" authorityYear="2003" box="[1183,1354,1531,1553]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rodriguesensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97E415D6966DF84C" box="[1183,1354,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. rodriguesensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF962715D696F2F84C" authorityName="Klunzinger" authorityYear="1871" box="[1372,1493,1531,1553]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sulfureus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF962715D696F2F84C" box="[1372,1493,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. sulfureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF969315D690EDF873" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1867" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trichrourus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF969315D690EDF873" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trichrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF977316339749F873" authorityName="Frable &amp; Tea" authorityYear="2019" box="[1032,1134,1561,1582]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vatosoa">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF977316339749F873" box="[1032,1134,1561,1582]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. vatosoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Allen, 1991, 1993, 2002; Allen and Wright, 2003;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF87FFEF9778161C97D1F810" author="Frable, B. W. &amp; Y. - K. Tea" box="[1027,1270,1590,1613]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" pagination="323 - 331" refId="ref66648" refString="Frable, B. W., and Y. - K. Tea. 2019. A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107: 323 - 331." type="journal article" year="2019">Frable and Tea, 2019</bibRefCitation>
). They speculated that many of these species, particularly from the western Indian Ocean, appear to be closely related on the basis of general morphology. The five XIV-spined species from the western Indian Ocean included in our phylogeny (
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF961E168696F6F89C" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" box="[1381,1489,1707,1729]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF961E168696F6F89C" box="[1381,1489,1707,1729]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF969316869093F882" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1991" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baenschi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF969316869093F882" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. baenschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90BE16E0971BF882" authorityName="Klunzinger" authorityYear="1871" box="[965,1084,1737,1759]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sulfureus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90BE16E0971BF882" box="[965,1084,1737,1759]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. sulfureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF973616E097F0F882" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1867" box="[1101,1239,1737,1759]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trichrourus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF973616E097F0F882" box="[1101,1239,1737,1759]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trichrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF966016E096A3F882" authorityName="Frable &amp; Tea" authorityYear="2019" box="[1307,1412,1738,1759]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vatosoa">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF966016E096A3F882" box="[1307,1412,1738,1759]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. vatosoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) did form a monophyletic group that also included two XIII-spined species,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90CE172F9777F944" authorityName="Baschieri-Salvadori" authorityYear="1955" box="[949,1104,1795,1818]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albicaudatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90CE172F9777F944" box="[949,1104,1795,1818]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. albicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is endemic to the Red Sea, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9020170890FBF96A" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1830" box="[859,988,1825,1847]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trilineatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9020170890FBF96A" box="[859,988,1825,1847]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which also occurs in the western Indian Ocean. Despite having fewer dorsal spines,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF967B171596A1F909" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1830" box="[1280,1414,1854,1876]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trilineatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF967B171596A1F909" box="[1280,1414,1854,1876]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been associated with
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF976317779652F92E" authority="(Allen, 1991: 226)" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityPageNumber="226" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[1048,1397,1884,1907]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baenschi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9763177797B6F92F" box="[1048,1169,1884,1906]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. baenschi</emphasis>
(Allen, 1991: 226)
</taxonomicName>
, which we found as its sister species.
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF87FFEF97F217539659F9CD" author="Frable, B. W. &amp; Y. - K. Tea" box="[1161,1406,1913,1936]" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" pagination="323 - 331" refId="ref66648" refString="Frable, B. W., and Y. - K. Tea. 2019. A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107: 323 - 331." type="journal article" year="2019">Frable and Tea (2019)</bibRefCitation>
resolved a similar clade consisting of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF97D117B29600F9F0" baseAuthorityName="Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[1194,1319,1943,1965]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baenschi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97D117B29600F9F0" box="[1194,1319,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. baenschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF964517B296F7F9F0" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1867" box="[1342,1488,1943,1965]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trichrourus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF964517B296F7F9F0" box="[1342,1488,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trichrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF969317B290E4F997" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1830" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trilineatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF969317B290E4F997" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. trilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF977F179F974CF997" authorityName="Frable &amp; Tea" authorityYear="2019" box="[1028,1131,1973,1994]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vatosoa">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF977F179F974CF997" box="[1028,1131,1973,1994]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. vatosoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; they did not examine
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF9608179F905DF9BA" authorityName="Baschieri-Salvadori" authorityYear="1955" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albicaudatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF9608179F905DF9BA" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. albicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF87FFEF90D217F89735F9BA" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" box="[937,1042,2001,2023]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF90D217F89735F9BA" box="[937,1042,2001,2023]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and recovered
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF87FFEF97B117F89664F9BA" box="[1226,1347,2001,2023]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="297">P. sulfureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
apart from the others. Improved taxon sampling will be necessary to ascertain if all
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0927710FB92A8FEBB" box="[268,399,209,230]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with XIV spines from the region are closely related. GenBank sequences reported as
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091DA10C493C9FF7C" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="50EB7DF5FF88FFE092431121929FFF7C" box="[312,440,267,289]" name="Madagascar" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
by
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0929C112191E0FF7F" author="Hubert, N. &amp; E. Paradis &amp; H. Bruggemann &amp; S. Planes" box="[487,711,267,290]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="229 - 277" refId="ref69585" refString="Hubert, N., E. Paradis, H. Bruggemann, and S. Planes. 2011. Community assembly and diversification in Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes: evolution of coral reef fish communities. Ecology and Evolution 1: 229 - 277." type="journal article" year="2011">Hubert et al. (2011)</bibRefCitation>
were not included; they appear extralimital because that species is endemic to the Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="50EB7DF5FF88FFE09202116C9299FF06" box="[377,446,326,347]" name="Oman" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Oman</collectingCountry>
(Allen, 1991;
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;
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). Those sequences of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0913C114E919DFF24" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[583,698,355,377]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0913C114E919DFF24" box="[583,698,355,377]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were identified as
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0938C11AB925FFFCB" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1830" box="[247,376,384,406]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trilineatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0938C11AB925FFFCB" box="[247,376,384,406]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. trilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the BOLD Identification Engine and GenBank BLAST. This applies to the following GenBank records:
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE093B211919215FF8C" box="[201,306,443,465]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/JF435099" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">JF435099</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE092381191928BFF8C" box="[323,428,443,465]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/JF457583" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">JF457583</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE092C611919100FF8C" box="[445,551,443,465]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/JF458212" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">JF458212</accessionNumber>
. True
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09108119691C0FF8C" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[627,743,443,465]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09108119691C0FF8C" box="[627,743,443,465]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is probably closely related to
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE092D911F0912DFFB3" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" box="[418,522,472,495]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE092D911F0912DFFB3" box="[418,522,472,495]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the basis of their shared dark coloration, western Indian Ocean distribution, and possession of XIV dorsal spines (Allen, 1991: 223).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28433D65FF88FFE09304121B91A4FD98" blockId="40.[103,774,179,2024]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">
The genus contains several species of territorial herbivores that cultivate algal mats (i.e., gardeners). Information on dietary habits is incomplete but they include at least
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE091DD124791D9FCDF" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1991" box="[678,766,620,642]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adelus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091DD124791D9FCDF" box="[678,766,620,642]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. adelus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0931C12A093FFFCC2" authorityName="Allen &amp; Randall" authorityYear="1980" box="[103,216,649,671]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0931C12A093FFFCC2" box="[103,216,649,671]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0938B12A092B8FCC2" box="[240,415,649,671]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0938B12A092BFFCC2" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1854" box="[240,408,649,671]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bankanensis">P. bankanensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE092CB12A091FCFCC2" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1918" box="[432,731,649,671]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burroughi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE092CB12A09146FCC2" box="[432,609,649,671]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. burroughi, P</emphasis>
. chrysurus
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0918812A09238FCE1" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1918" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grammorhynchus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0918812A09238FCE1" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. grammorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09243128D92FDFCE1" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1830" box="[312,474,679,700]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tripunctatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09243128D92FDFCE1" box="[312,474,679,700]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. tripunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09288128D9175FCE1" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1906" box="[499,594,678,700]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vaiuli">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09288128D9175FCE1" box="[499,594,678,700]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. vaiuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE091DD128D9023FCE1" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1927" box="[678,772,678,700]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wardi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091DD128D9023FCE1" box="[678,772,678,700]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. wardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ceccarelli, 2007;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0910612EE93EBFCAA" author="Frederich, B. &amp; L. Sorenson &amp; F. Santini &amp; G. J. Slater &amp; M. E. Alfaro" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="94 - 113" refId="ref66743" refString="Frederich, B., L. Sorenson, F. Santini, G. J. Slater, and M. E. Alfaro. 2013. Iterative ecological radiation and convergence during the evolutionary history of damselfishes (Pomacentridae). The American Naturalist 181: 94 - 113." type="journal article" year="2013">Frédérich et al., 2013</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 3;
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;
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). Allen (1975a, 1997) observed that herbivorous species (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE093D413379210FD6F" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1918" box="[175,311,796,818]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burroughi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE093D413379210FD6F" box="[175,311,796,818]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. burroughi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0922B13379289FD6F" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1927" box="[336,430,796,818]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wardi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0922B13379289FD6F" box="[336,430,796,818]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. wardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) tend to be drab, whereas planktivorous species (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE092D91310911EFD12" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[418,569,825,847]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alexanderae">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE092D91310911EFD12" box="[418,569,825,847]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. alexanderae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09130131091BBFD12" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[587,668,826,847]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="popei">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09130131091BBFD12" box="[587,668,826,847]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. popei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) tend to be colorful. One clade in particular contains a cluster of several algal farmers:
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09223135F92D6FDD7" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1854" box="[344,497,884,906]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bankanensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09223135F92D6FDD7" box="[344,497,884,906]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. bankanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09179135F9158FDD7" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1918" box="[514,639,884,906]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burroughi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09179135F9158FDD7" box="[514,639,884,906]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. burroughi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE091F5135F93E2FDFA" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1918" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grammorhynchus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091F5135F93E2FDFA" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. grammorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE093AF13B99200FDFA" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1906" box="[212,295,913,936]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vaiuli">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE093AF13B99200FDFA" box="[212,295,913,936]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. vaiuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0921313B9929BFDFA" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1927" box="[360,444,913,936]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wardi">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0921313B9929BFDFA" box="[360,444,913,936]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. wardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, other such species with similar diets are dispersed across the genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28433D65FF88FFE0930413E79147F9F0" blockId="40.[103,774,179,2024]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">
Recently, Allen et al. (2017b, 2017c) circumscribed a
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0930813C19255FA5D" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[115,370,1002,1024]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0930813C19255FA5D" box="[115,370,1002,1024]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. In addition to its namesake species, the species group also includes
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09129142291C1FA40" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[594,742,1031,1053]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albiaxillaris">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09129142291C1FA40" box="[594,742,1031,1053]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. albiaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09188142293F2FA66" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavioculus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09188142293F2FA66" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. flavioculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0939D140C92A0FA66" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[230,391,1061,1083]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavoaxillaris">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0939D140C92A0FA66" box="[230,391,1061,1083]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. flavoaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE092E3140C9123FA66" baseAuthorityName="Whitley" baseAuthorityYear="1964" box="[408,516,1062,1083]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imitator">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE092E3140C9123FA66" box="[408,516,1062,1083]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. imitator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0916E140C9188FA66" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[533,687,1062,1083]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magniseptus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0916E140C9188FA66" box="[533,687,1062,1083]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. magniseptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09188140C93CDFA05" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigriradiatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09188140C93CDFA05" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. nigriradiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They share several characteristic features: pale caudal fins (clear, orange, whitish, or yellow) with matching coloration for the posterior sections of the anal and soft dorsal fins; absence of dorsal-fin ocellus in juveniles; short filamentous extensions of the caudal-fin lobes; presence of infraorbital scales (usually absent in
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0916514FC918BFAB6" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[542,684,1237,1259]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavioculus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0916514FC918BFAB6" box="[542,684,1237,1259]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. flavioculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0918814FC939EFB55" baseAuthorityName="Whitley" baseAuthorityYear="1964" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imitator">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0918814FC939EFB55" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. imitator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); network pattern formed by dark scale margins; and prominent black spot at pectoral-fin base (Allen et al., 2017b, 2017c). Allen et al. (2017c) found that
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0914415049188FB1E" box="[575,687,1326,1347]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. imitator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09188150493C1FB3C" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magniseptus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09188150493C1FB3C" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. magniseptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share mtDNA sequences, but commented that they are easily separated because of their allopatric distributions and diagnostic differences in coloration. However, our results did not show a monophyletic
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0915B158991B4FBE4" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" box="[544,659,1443,1465]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0915B158991B4FBE4" box="[544,659,1443,1465]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex, with
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE093DA15EB9200FB8B" authorityName="Allen, Erdmann &amp; Pertiwi" authorityYear="2017" box="[161,295,1472,1494]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavioculus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE093DA15EB9200FB8B" box="[161,295,1472,1494]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. flavioculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
apart from the rest of the species complex, which is monophyletic. The COI sequences of
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE091F915F493FDF84C" authorityName="Evermann &amp; Seale" authorityYear="1907" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philippinus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091F915F493FDF84C" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0939115D19278F84C" box="[234,351,1531,1553]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/KY463238" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">KY463238</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0921715D192C7F84C" box="[364,480,1531,1553]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/KY463239" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">KY463239</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0929615D19178F84F" box="[493,607,1531,1554]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/KY463240" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">KY463240</accessionNumber>
) from Allen et al. (2017b) are more similar to
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE092A316329108F873" box="[472,559,1560,1582]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Chromis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE092A316329108F873" box="[472,559,1560,1582]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Chromis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09100163391D9F873" box="[635,766,1561,1582]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09100163391D9F873" box="[635,766,1561,1582]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, showing greater than 99% identity with published
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091D1161C9023F811" box="[682,772,1590,1612]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">C. alpha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE09315167993F0F837" box="[110,215,1619,1642]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/JF434867" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">JF434867</accessionNumber>
) and
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0925A167E92A9F834" box="[289,398,1619,1641]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">C. degruyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE092D916799131F837" box="[418,534,1619,1642]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/EU358588" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">EU358588</accessionNumber>
) data in BLAST and BOLD searches. However, the 16S sequences (
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE091F3165B9026F8DA" box="[648,769,1649,1671]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/MF828512" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">MF828512</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0931C16A493F8F8F9" box="[103,223,1678,1700]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/MF828513" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">MF828513</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0939416A49242F8F8" box="[239,357,1678,1701]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/MF828514" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">MF828514</accessionNumber>
) from Allen et al. (2017c) are most similar to other species from the
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0917A16869022F89C" box="[513,773,1707,1729]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. The cause of this discrepancy is unclear. Although voucher information is not available, the corresponding loci appear to have been collected from the same samples, based on GenBank record information. The specimens were collected at
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,
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(Allen et al., 2017b: fig. 17; 2017c: fig. 5). We only analyzed 16S (
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE091481776918DF92E" box="[563,682,1884,1907]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/MF828512" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">MF828512</accessionNumber>
) for the representative of
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0924F175092E0F9D2" box="[308,455,1913,1935]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. philippinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in our phylogeny (
<figureCitation id="B0C721E0FF88FFE091C1175391D9F9D2" box="[698,766,1913,1935]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[142,170,1900,1920]" captionTargetBox="[194,1477,178,1870]" captionTargetId="figure-1@7.[194,1477,178,1870]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 1. The phylogenetic relationships of damselfishes (Teleostei: Pomacentridae): (A) outgroup taxa; (B) subfamilies Microspathodontinae and Glyphisodontinae; (C) subfamily Chrominae; (D) subfamily Pomacentrinae (part I); (E) subfamily Pomacentrinae (part II). The phylogeny is based on the maximum-likelihood topology with the best log likelihood score (ln L ¼ 45,4518.728) recovered from ten independent maximum-likelihood analyses of a data matrix composed of 462 taxa and 6,865 nucleotides. Bootstrap values from 1,000 ultrafast replicates are displayed for each node" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7846740" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7846740/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
; Supplemental
<tableCitation id="657E08DEFF88FFE0927C17BD9270F9F1" box="[263,343,1943,1965]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="2.[103,151,178,198]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Table 1. Historical classifications of the damselfishes. Gill (1859) Family Pomacentroidae Subfamily Amphiprioninae Subfamily Pomacentrinae Bleeker (1877) Order Chromides Family Pomacentroidei Phalanx Glyphidodontini Subphalanx Chromidi Subphalanx Pomacentri Phalanx Prochilini Jordan and Evermann (1898) Order Acanthopteri Suborder Chromides Family Pomacentridae Subfamily Pomacentrinae Subfamily Microspathodontinae Fowler and Bean (1928) Family Pomacentridae Subfamily Chrominae Subfamily Pomacentrinae Subfamily Premninae McCulloch (1929) Order Amphiprioniformes Family Amphiprionidae Family Chromidae Family Pomacentridae Subfamily Glyphisodontinae Subfamily Parmidae Family Premnidae Whitley (1929) Order Amphiprioniformes Family Amphiprionidae Family Chromidae Family Pomacentridae Subfamily Cheiloprioninae Subfamily Glyphisodontinae Subfamily Hemiglyphidodontinae Subfamily Parminae Subfamily Pomacentrinae Family Premnidae Aoyagi (1941) Family Pomacentridae Subfamily Amphiprionidae Subfamily Chromidae Subfamily Pomacentrinae Subfamily Glyphisodontinae Subfamily Hemiglyphidodontinae Smith (1949) Order Chromides Family Abudefdufidae Family Amphiprionidae Norman (1957) Order Percomorphi Suborder Percoidea Division Pomacentriformes Family Pomacentridae Subfamily Amphiprioninae Subfamily Chrominae Subfamily Pomacentrinae Subfamily Premninae" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Table 1</tableCitation>
; see Data Accessibility).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28433D65FF88FFE09304179E90D7FDF6" blockId="40.[103,774,179,2024]" lastBlockId="40.[820,1490,179,939]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">
Outside of the various family-wide phylogenies, there have been few studies focused on relationships within
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE091F917F89022F9BA" box="[642,773,2002,2023]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Pomacentrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE09040109990CBFE95" author="Liu, S. - Y. V. &amp; H. - C. H. Ho &amp; C. - F. Dai" box="[827,1004,179,201]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="6" refId="ref72344" refString="Liu, S. - Y. V., H. - C. H. Ho, and C. - F. Dai. 2013. A new species of Pomacentrus (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) from Micronesia, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Zoological Studies 52: 6." type="journal article" year="2013">Liu et al., 2013</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE09081109997CCFE95" author="Sorenson, L. &amp; G. R. Allen &amp; M. V. Erdmann &amp; C. - F. Dai &amp; S. - Y. V. Liu" box="[1018,1259,179,201]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="2495 - 2507" refId="ref80013" refString="Sorenson, L., G. R. Allen, M. V. Erdmann, C. - F. Dai, and S. - Y. V. Liu. 2014. Pleistocene diversification of the Pomacentrus coelestis species complex (Pisces: Pomacentridae): historical biogeography and species boundaries. Marine Biology 161: 2495 - 2507." type="journal article" year="2014">Sorenson et al., 2014</bibRefCitation>
; Allen et al., 2017b, 2017c;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE090FF10FA974FFEB8" author="Frable, B. W. &amp; Y. - K. Tea" box="[900,1128,208,230]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="323 - 331" refId="ref66648" refString="Frable, B. W., and Y. - K. Tea. 2019. A new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Nosy Faho, Madagascar. Copeia 107: 323 - 331." type="journal article" year="2019">Frable and Tea, 2019</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0970810FA961EFEBA" author="Habib, K. A. &amp; M. J. Islam &amp; N. Nahar &amp; A. K. Neogi" box="[1139,1337,208,231]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="413 - 424" refId="ref68284" refString="Habib, K. A., M. J. Islam, N. Nahar, and A. K. Neogi. 2020. Pomacentrus bangladeshius, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) from Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh. Zootaxa 4860: 413 - 424." type="journal article" year="2020">Habib et al., 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Many of the relationships inferred in our phylogeny corroborated earlier hypotheses. We resolved a sister-group relationship between
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0904F110090EFFF62" box="[820,968,297,319]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. alexanderae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09779110097B3FF62" authorityName="Weber" authorityYear="1913" box="[1026,1172,298,319]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigromanus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09779110097B3FF62" box="[1026,1172,298,319]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. nigromanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that was suggested by Allen (1991). We recovered a clade with 100% bootstrap support that included
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE090A7114F975DFF24" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[988,1146,355,378]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Chromis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amboinensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE090A7114F975DFF24" box="[988,1146,355,378]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. amboinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE097F5114F97C8FF24" authorityName="Allen &amp; Drew" authorityYear="2012" box="[1166,1263,355,378]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maafu">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE097F5114F97C8FF24" box="[1166,1263,355,378]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. maafu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09642114F96F5FF24" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[1337,1490,355,378]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moluccensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09642114F96F5FF24" box="[1337,1490,355,378]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. moluccensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0904011AB973AFFCB" author="Randall, J. E. &amp; G. R. Allen &amp; R. C. Steene" box="[827,1053,385,407]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" refId="ref76995" refString="Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen, and R. C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Second edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii." type="book" year="1997">Randall et al., 1997</bibRefCitation>
; Allen and Drew, 2012). Cooper et al. (2009) recovered
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0908F11B597A8FFE9" authorityName="Baschieri-Salvadori" authorityYear="1955" box="[1012,1167,414,436]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albicaudatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0908F11B597A8FFE9" box="[1012,1167,414,436]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. albicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sister to an equivalent group (
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09046119790F0FF8F" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[829,983,444,466]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Chromis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amboinensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09046119790F0FF8F" box="[829,983,444,466]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. amboinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE090A5119190D7FF8F" bold="true" box="[990,1008,443,466]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">þ</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0908C119797ACFF8F" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[1015,1163,444,466]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moluccensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0908C119797ACFF8F" box="[1015,1163,444,466]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. moluccensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), but their specimen (FMNH 126547) was collected in the
<collectingCountry id="50EB7DF5FF88FFE097E411F09639FFAD" box="[1183,1310,474,496]" name="Philippines" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">Philippines</collectingCountry>
, which is well outside its native range as a Red Sea endemic (Allen and Randall, 1981; Allen, 1991; DiBattista et al., 2016;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0962C123F90E6FC1A" author="Golani, D. &amp; R. Fricke" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" pagination="1 - 215" refId="ref67893" refString="Golani, D., and R. Fricke. 2018. Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants. Zootaxa 4509: 1 - 215." type="journal article" year="2018">Golani and Fricke, 2018</bibRefCitation>
; Atta et al., 2019). This affects the following GenBank records:
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE09779127A974CFC3B" box="[1026,1131,592,614]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/FJ616364" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">FJ616364</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE09703127A97C6FC3B" box="[1144,1249,592,614]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/FJ616472" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">FJ616472</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE09795127A9670FC3B" box="[1262,1367,592,614]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/FJ616578" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">FJ616578</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0961E127A96E9FC3B" box="[1381,1486,592,614]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/FJ616690" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">FJ616690</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0904F12479087FCDE" box="[820,928,621,643]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/FJ616803" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">FJ616803</accessionNumber>
,
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE090CE12479704FCDE" box="[949,1059,621,643]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/FJ616911" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">FJ616911</accessionNumber>
. Our analysis resolved a specimen identified as
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE090B112A1974EFCFD" authorityName="Baschieri-Salvadori" authorityYear="1955" box="[970,1129,650,672]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albicaudatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE090B112A1974EFCFD" box="[970,1129,650,672]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. albicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Red Sea (
<accessionNumber id="37AFA086FF88FFE0963512A196E9FCFC" box="[1358,1486,651,673]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/MN560894" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">MN560894</accessionNumber>
; Atta et al., 2019) as sister to
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09716128397C6FCE3" authorityName="Klunzinger" authorityYear="1871" box="[1133,1249,680,702]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sulfureus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09716128397C6FCE3" box="[1133,1249,680,702]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. sulfureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and part of a western Indian Ocean clade whose members predominantly have XIV dorsal spines (see above). We recovered a clade that includes
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE090ED132B9731FD4B" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1993" box="[918,1046,768,790]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="armillatus">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE090ED132B9731FD4B" box="[918,1046,768,790]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. armillatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE09758132B979EFD4B" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1854" box="[1059,1209,768,790]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bankanensis">
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE09758132B979EFD4B" box="[1059,1209,768,790]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. bankanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0978E132B9661FD4B" box="[1269,1350,768,790]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">P. vaiuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which have been linked in previous works (Allen, 1993;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0964F1334904AFD0C" author="Randall, J. E. &amp; G. R. Allen &amp; R. C. Steene" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" refId="ref76995" refString="Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen, and R. C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Second edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii." type="book" year="1997">Randall et al., 1997</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C6D4094FF88FFE0900113169722FD0C" author="Myers, R. F." box="[890,1029,828,849]" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" refId="ref74493" refString="Myers, R. F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes: A Field Guide for Divers and Aquarists. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Territory of Guam." type="book" year="1999">Myers, 1999</bibRefCitation>
; Randall, 2005). The
<emphasis id="1A88E177FF88FFE0978E131696F6FD0C" box="[1269,1489,827,849]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="298">
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0978E1316964CFD0C" baseAuthorityName="Jordan &amp; Thompson" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[1269,1387,827,849]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Opistognathidae" genus="Opistognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aurifrons">P. aurifrons</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="EFFC46E6FF88FFE0960C131696F6FD0C" authorityName="Fowler &amp; Bean" authorityYear="1928" box="[1399,1489,827,849]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pomacentridae" genus="Pomacentrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="40" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithi">P. smithi</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
sister pairing (100% bootstrap) has also been posited in the literature before (Allen, 2004; Randall, 2005; Allen and Erdmann, 2012).
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