Pomacentrus alleni
Pomacentrus alleni, the Andaman damsel, is a Damselfish from the Eastern Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 cm in length.[1] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen of the Western Australia Museum in Perth.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Pomacentrus |
| Species: | P. alleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacentrus alleni W.E. Burgess, 1981 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Pomacentrus alleni" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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