Cypho
Appearance
Cypho | |
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Cypho purpurascens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Pseudochromidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudochrominae |
Genus: | Cypho Myers, 1940 |
Type species | |
Nesiotes purpurascens |
Cypho is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean as far east as Tonga.
Species
[edit]There are two species in the genus:
- Cypho purpurascens De Vis, 1884 (Oblique-lined dottyback)
- Cypho zaps A.C. Gill, 2004 (Checkered dottyback)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cypho". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 October 2018.