Pseudochromis

Pseudochromis
Pseudochromis fridmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudochrominae
Genus: Pseudochromis
Rüppell, 1835
Species

See text.

Pseudochromis is a genus of fish in the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. There are about 70 described species.

Species

Species include:[1]

Engraving of Pseudochromis olivaceus

References

  1. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Pseudochromis Species. FishBase. 2013.
  2. 1 2 Gill, A.C. & Zajonz, U. (2011). "Pseudochromine and pseudoplesiopine dottyback fishes from the Socotra Archipelago, Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species of Pseudochromis Rüppell (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)." Zootaxa 3106: 1-23.
  3. Gill, A.C. & Allen, G.R. (2011). "Pseudochromis erdmanni, a new species of dottyback with medially placed palatine teeth from Indonesia (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)." Zootaxa 2924: 57-62.
  4. Gill, A. C. and J. T. Williams. (2011). Description of two new species of Pseudochrominae from northern Palawan and Mindoro, Philippine Islands (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Zootaxa 3140 49-59.
  5. 1 2 Gill, A.C., Allen, G.R., & Erdmann, M. (2012). "Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)." Zootaxa 3161: 53-60.


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