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: Amsichthys - Chlidichthys - Lubbockichthys - Pectinochromis - Pseudoplesiops
References
Allen, G. R., A. C. Gill and D. F. Hoese 2006.
Pseudoplesiopinae (pp. 1070-1072). In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. Fishes.
Gill, A. C. and A. J. Edwards 2004. Revision of the Indian Ocean dottyback fish genera Chlidichthys and Pectinochromis (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae). SMITHIANA. Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity Bull. 3: i-iv + 1-46.
Vernacular names
Pseudoplesiopinae is a subfamily of the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks, it consists of small species of coral-reef inhabiting fish which are distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific.[2]
Characteristics
Workers have established that this subfamily is monophyletic. They have a pelvic fin which has a single spine and three or four unbranched soft rays, their heads are covered in scales, most of the rays in their dorsal fins are simple, they have teeth on the palatine bone; their pectoral fins have 17–19 rays and the lateral line has one anterior-pored scale.[3]
Genera
The following genera are included in the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae:[1]
Amsichthys A.C. Gill & A.J. Edwards, 1999
Chlidichthys J.L.B. Smith, 1953
Lubbockichthys A.C. Gill & A.J. Edwards, 1999
Pectinochromis A.C. Gill & A.J. Edwards, 1999
Pseudoplesiops Bleeker, 1858
References
Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Pseudoplesiopinae Bleeker, 1875". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.
Anthony C. Gill; Alasdair J. Edwards. "Revision of the dottyback fish subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae (Pseudochromidae)". Sydney University Museums. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
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