Lubbockichthys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pseudochromidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoplesiopinae
Genus: Lubbockichthys
Species: L. multisquamatus – L. tanakai
Name

Lubbockichthys Gill and Edwards, 1999
References

Lubbockichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Lubbockichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

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]

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

References

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