Pholidochromis
Sign in to savePholidochromis 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.
Species
Cherry dottyback
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPseudochromidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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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.
==Species== There are two species in the genus: Pholidochromis cerasina A.C. Gill & Tanaka, 2004 (Cherry dottyback) Pholidochromis marginatus (Lubbock, 1980) (Margined dottyback)
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