Biology:Pseudoplesiopinae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Pseudoplesiopinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae
Bleeker, 1875[1]

Pseudoplesiopinae is a subfamily of the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks, it consists of small species of coral-reef inhabiting fish which are distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific.[2]

Characteristics

Workers have established that this subfamily is monophyletic. They have a pelvic fin which has a single spine and three or four unbranched soft rays, their heads are covered in scales, most of the rays in their dorsal fins are simple, they have teeth on the palatine bone; their pectoral fins have 17–19 rays and the lateral line has one anterior-pored scale.[3]

Genera

The following genera are included in the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae:[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2115764 entry