Biology:Pseudochromis mooii

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Short description: Species of fish

Pseudochromis mooii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Genus: Pseudochromis
Species:
P. mooii
Binomial name
Pseudochromis mooii
Anthony C. Gill, 2004

Pseudochromis mooii, the Mooi's dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from Indonesia, which is a member of the family Pseudochromidae. This species reaches a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in). [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Randall D. Mooi, the Curator of Zoology at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pseudochromis mooii" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. "Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/. 
  • Gill, A.C., 2004. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smith. Monogr. (1):1-213.

Wikidata ☰ Q5807515 entry