Biology:Cypho

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cypho
Cypho purpurascens.jpg
Cypho purpurascens
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudochrominae
Genus: Cypho
Myers, 1940
Type species
Nesiotes purpurascens
De Vis, 1884[1]

Cypho is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean as far east as Tonga.

Species

There are two species in the genus:

  • Cypho purpurascens De Vis, 1884 (Oblique-lined dottyback)
  • Cypho zaps A.C. Gill, 2004 (Checkered dottyback)

References

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