Pholidochromis

Pholidochromis is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They occur in the western and central Pacific Ocean.

Pholidochromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudochrominae
Genus: Pholidochromis
A.C. Gill, 2004[1]
Type species
Pseudochromis marginatus
Lubbock 1980[2]

Species

There are two species in the genus:[3]

  • Pholidochromis cerasina A.C. Gill & Tanaka, 2004 (Cherry dottyback)
  • Pholidochromis marginatus (Lubbock, 1980) (Margined dottyback)

References
  1. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Pholidochromis Gill, 2004". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pholidochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pholidochromis in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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