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Pseudochromis yamasakii

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Species of fish

Pseudochromis yamasakii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pseudochromidae
Genus: Pseudochromis
Species: P. yamasakii
Binomial name
Pseudochromis yamasakii
A.C. Gill & Senou, 2016

Pseudochromis yamasakii, the dottybelly dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pseudochromidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean around Japan.

Description

Pseudochromis yamasakii reaches a standard length of 5.1 cm (2.0 in).

Entymology

The fish is named for Kimihiro Yamasaki, who collected the holotype specimen and provided photographs of the new species.

References

  1. Gill, A.C. and H. Senou, 2016. Pseudochromis yamasakii, a new species of dottyback fish from Japan (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae). Zootaxa 4173(3):296-300.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudochromis yamasakii". FishBase. February 2015 version.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudochromis yamasakii


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