The lyretail damselfishes are fishes in the genus Neopomacentrus in the family Pomacentridae. They are all marine coastal fishes but N. taeniurus and N. aquadulcis are known to occur in brackish waters, and even in pure fresh water.
Species +SpeciesCommon nameImageNeopomacentrus aktites Allen, Moore & Allen, 2017Western Australian demoiselleNeopomacentrus anabatoides (Bleeker, 1847)Silver demoiselleNeopomacentrus aquadulcis Jenkins and Allen, 2002Sweetwater demoiselleNeopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)Yellowtail demoiselleNeopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846)Chinese demoiselleNeopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)Regal demoiselleNeopomacentrus fallax (Peters, 1855)Violet damselNeopomacentrus filamentosus (Macleay, 1882)Brown demoiselleNeopomacentrus flavicauda Fricke & Allen, 2021Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith, 1960)African demoiselleNeopomacentrus metallicus (Jordan and Seale, 1906)Metallic demoiselleNeopomacentrus miryae Dor and Allen, 1977Miry's demoiselleNeopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)Coral demoiselleNeopomacentrus simulatus Allen & Erdmann 2024Neopomacentrus sindensis (Day, 1873)Arabian demoiselleNeopomacentrus sororius Randall and Allen, 2005Twin demoiselleNeopomacentrus taeniurus (Bleeker, 1856)Freshwater demoiselleNeopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker, 1848)Violet demoiselleNeopomacentrus xanthurus Allen and Randall, 1980Red Sea demoiselle
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