Pectinochromis

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]

Pectinochromis
Scientific classification
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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Pectinochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Pectinochromis lubbocki" in 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.
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