Pseudochromis pylei
Pseudochromis pylei, Pyle's dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the western central Pacific Ocean, which is a member of the family Pseudochromidae.[1] This species reaches a length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in).[2]
| Pseudochromis pylei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochromis |
| Species: | P. pylei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochromis pylei J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1989 | |
Entymology
The fish is named for Robert M. Pyle, who described two new species in 1989 with J. E. Randall, Cirrhilabrus scottorum and Rabaulichthys stigmaticus.
References
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudochromis pylei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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