Biology:Fleckfin dottyback
| Fleckfin dottyback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoplesiops |
| Species: | P. wassi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards, 2003
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The fleckfin dottyback, Pseudoplesiops wassi, is a species of dottyback fish. It is found associated with coral reefs and other rocky coastal habitats in a large part of the south-western Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands. The specific name honours the fisheries biologist Richard C. Wass.[2]
This rather variable but always brilliantly coloured species shares with Pseudoplesiops collare a higher number (14) of precaudal vertebrae than other members of the genus and differs markedly from that species in colour, having prominent blue spots at the base of the dorsal and anal fins. Pseudoplesiops wassi grows to around 30 mm standard length.
References
- ↑ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, I. (2016). "Pseudoplesiops wassi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69583466A115468419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69583466A69583594.en.
- ↑ "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 30 April 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2310742 entry
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