ANOTACIONES ECOLOGICAS Y SISTEMATICAS SOBRE LOS PECES DE LA FAMILIA POMACENTRIDAE EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

Abstract

Fourteen species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) are so far known to occur in the Colombian Caribbean. Seven of them are classified in the genus Eupomacentrits: E. dorwpunicans, E. planifrons, E. partum, E. leucostictus, E. mellis, E. variabilis and the estuatine species, £. otophorus. Likewise the two Caribbean species of the genus Abudefduf are known from Colombia: A. saxaiilis and A. taurus. One of the more abundant damselfishes of the Colombian coral-reefs is Microspathodon chrysuriis. The young of this species have developed a special behavior, picking at the sides of surgeonfishes and ^ parrotfishes, thus disturbing them. The genus Chromis is reported with four species: C. cyanea y C. multilineata as shallow water species, C. scotti and C. insolata from deeper waters.