Pseudochromis mooii
Pseudochromis mooii, the Mooi's dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from Indonesia, which is a member of the family Pseudochromidae. This species reaches a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in). [1]
| Pseudochromis mooii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochromis |
| Species: | P. mooii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochromis mooii Anthony C. Gill, 2004 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Randall D. Mooi, the Curator of Zoology at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudochromis mooii" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- Gill, A.C., 2004. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smith. Monogr. (1):1-213.
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