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Pectinochromis

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Pectinochromis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae
Genus: Pectinochromis
A.C. Gill & A.J. Edwards, 1999[1]
Species:
P. lubbocki
Binomial name
Pectinochromis lubbocki
Allen, 1987
Synonyms[2]

Pseudoplesiops lubbocki A.J. Edwards & Randall, 1983

Pectinochromis is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish from the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae in the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. The only species in the genus is Pectinochromis lubbocki, a small reef living dottyback from the Red Sea.[2] This genus is the sister taxon to the genus Chlidichthys.[3] The specific name honours the Cambridge University ichthyologist Roger Lubbock (1951–1981), in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pectinochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pectinochromis lubbocki". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Anthony C. Gill & Alasdair J. Edwards (2004). "Revision of the Indian Ocean Dottyback Fish Genera Chlidichthys and Pectinochromis (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae)". Smithiana Bulletin. 3: 1–47. ISSN 1684-4130.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 October 2018.