Microspathodon

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title: "Microspathodon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["microspathodon", "pomacentrinae", "marine-fish-genera", "taxa-named-by-albert-günther"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/microspathodon" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microspathodon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Microspathodon chrysurus, 9HGJ 372, West Bay, Cayman Islands imported from iNaturalist photo 312863957.jpg | image_caption = Microspathodon chrysurus | taxon = Microspathodon | authority = Günther, 1862 | type_species = Glyphisodon chrysurus | type_species_authority = Cuvier, 1830 | synonyms = *Azurella D.S. Jordan, 1919

• Centrochromis Norman, 1922
• Pomataprion Gill, 1863

Microspathodon is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.

Species

There are four species in the genus: ::data[format=table title=""]

Species	Image
Microspathodon bairdii	[[File:Microspathodon bairdii 448496388.jpg
Microspathodon chrysurus	[[File:Microspathodon chrysurus, 571 North West Point Road Grand Cayman KY1, West Bay 1301, Cayman Islands imported from iNaturalist photo 467376770.jpg
Microspathodon dorsalis	[[File:Giant Damselfish, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico imported from iNaturalist photo 65031220 (cropped).jpg
Microspathodon frontatus	[[File:Microspathodon frontatus, Bom Bom, Principe, São Tomé (cropped).jpg
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References

References

1. "''Microspathodon''".
2. {{FishBase genus. (2018)

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