Pseudoplesiops

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: Pseudoplesiops
Species: P. annae – P. collare – P. howensis – P. immaculatus – P. occidentalis – P. revellei – P. rosae – P. typus – P. wassi
Name

Pseudoplesiops Bleeker, 1858
References

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

Vernacular names

Pseudoplesiops is a genus of dottyback fishes currently with ten described species. They are distributed in the south Pacific and in the Indian Ocean as far west as the Maldive Islands.
Species

Pseudoplesiops annae (Weber, 1913) (Anna's dottyback)
Pseudoplesiops collare A.C. Gill, Randall & Edwards, 1991 (Collared dottyback)
Pseudoplesiops howensis Allen, 1987 (Lord Howe dottyback)
Pseudoplesiops immaculatusA.C. Gill & Edwards, 2002 (Immaculate dottyback)
Pseudoplesiops occidentalis A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2002
Pseudoplesiops revellei Schultz, 1953 (Bearded Dottyback)
Pseudoplesiops rosae Schultz, 1943 (Rose Island Basslet)
Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker, 1858 (Hidden Basslet)
Pseudoplesiops wassi A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2003 (Fleckfin Dottyback)

References

Fishbase entry for Pseudoplesiops
Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific A.C. GILL & A.J. EDWARDS