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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria/misc
Family: Pomacentridae Damselfishes
Subfamily: Microspathodontinae
Genus: Parma

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Parma alboscapularis Black scalyfin Southwest Pacific 22 SL 1975
Parma bicolor Bicolor scalyfin Eastern Indian Ocean 14 SL 1979
Parma kermadecensis Kermadec scalyfin Southwest Pacific 22 SL 1987
Parma mccullochi McCulloch's scalyfin Eastern Indian Ocean 20 SL 1929
Parma microlepis White-ear scalyfin Southwest Pacific 14 SL 1862
Parma occidentalis Western scalyfin Eastern Indian Ocean 13 SL 1975
Parma oligolepis Big-scale parma Western Pacific 16.5 SL 1929
Parma polylepis Banded parma Western Central Pacific 21 TL 1862
Parma unifasciata Girdled scalyfin Western Pacific 18 SL 1867
Parma victoriae Victorian scalyfin Eastern Indian Ocean 20 SL 1863



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013