Lubbockichthys

Lubbockichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific region which belongs to the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae, part of the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. The species in this genus have small cycloid scales throughout their lives; some of their head bones have a weakly honeycombed surface; and the parietal bone encloses the rear section of the supratemporal laterosensory canal.[2]

Lubbockichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae
Genus: Lubbockichthys
A.C. Gill & Edwards 1999
Type species
Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus
Allen, 1987[1]

The name of this genus honours the Cambridge University ichthyologist, Roger Lubbock (1951-1981) in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae.[3]

Species

Three species are currently classified in the genus Lubbockichthys:[4]

  • Lubbockichthys multisquamatus (Allen, 1987) (Fine-scaled dottyback)
  • Lobbockichthys myersi A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2006
  • Lubbockichthys tanakai A.C. Gill & Senou, 2002 (Tanaka's dottyback)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Lubbockichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. Anthony C. Gill; Alasdair J. Edwards (2006). "Lubbockichthys myersi, a new species of dottyback fish from Guam (Pseudochromidae : Pseudoplesiopinae)". Zootaxa. 1320: 43–48.
  3. 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.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Lubbockichthys in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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