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Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Pomacentrinae
Etymology: alelia: Name derived from the combined first names of ALEssio Bernardi and AmaLIA Bernardi, who greatly helped during field-work on Altrichthys.
Common name. We suggest Alelia’s damselfish as a literal translation of the scientific name..