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Lubbockichthys
Sign in to saveLubbockichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific region which belongs to the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae, part of the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. The species in this genus have small cycloid scales throughout their lives; some of their head bones have a weakly honeycombed surface; and the parietal bone encloses the rear section of the supratemporal laterosensory canal.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPseudochromidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Collections
- USNM, ROM, WAM
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Micronesia (Federated States Of), Australia
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Lubbockichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific region which belongs to the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae, part of the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. The species in this genus have small cycloid scales throughout their lives; some of their head bones have a weakly honeycombed surface; and the parietal bone encloses the rear section of the supratemporal laterosensory canal.
The name of this genus honours the Cambridge University ichthyologist, Roger Lubbock (1951-1981) in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lubbockichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.