Paolo Parenti - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, ۱, ۲۰۱۲۶ Milano, Italy

A checklist of the damselfishes of the world, family Pomacentridae, is presented. A total of ۷۹۸ nominal species belonging to ۴۲۳ valid species and ۲۹ genera is included. Most of the species are grouped in five genera: Chromis (۱۰۹ species), Pomacentrus (۸۲), Chrysiptera (۴۰), Stegastes (۳۹), and Amphiprion (۲۹), but ۱۲ genera contain only one or two species. The following main taxonomic decisions are taken: Chrysiptera personata Fowler, ۱۹۴۶ is a new synonym of Chrysiptera rex (Snyder ۱۹۰۹); Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, ۱۸۵۳) is the valid name for the species known as Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, ۱۸۵۸). Chaetodon rotundus Linnaeus, ۱۷۵۸ and Chaetodon rotundatus Lacepède, ۱۸۰۲ are senior synonyms of Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, ۱۷۸۷). Perca japonica Bloch, ۱۷۹۲ is a senior synonym of Chromis notata (Temminck and Schlegel, ۱۸۴۳); Pomacentrus niomatus De Vis, ۱۸۸۴ is a senior synonym of Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, ۱۸۸۹); Glyphisodon sculptus Peters, ۱۸۵۵ is a senior synonym of Abudefduf notatus (Day, ۱۸۷۰). All these senior synonyms are herein regarded as nomina oblita. Neopomacentrus flavicauda is proposed as nomen novum Neopomacentrus xanthurus Allen and Randall, ۱۹۸۰. Stegastes adustus (Troschel, ۱۸۶۵) is the valid name for the species known as Stegastes dorsopunicans (Poey, ۱۸۶۸) and Wangia Fowler, ۱۹۵۴ is an available name not invalidated by Wanga Chen ۱۹۴۳.

Chrysiptera personata, Glyphidodon sculptus, nomen protectum, nomen oblitum, nomen novum