Blackmargin Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker 1853

Other Names: Black Margin Dottyback, Bluebarred Dottyback, Horseshoe-tailed Dottyback

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Blackmargin Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker 1853

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Distribution	Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea.
Biology	Dottybacks are protogynous hermaphrodites, and form small harems with a dominant male and several females.
Species Citation	Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker 1853, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 115. Type locality: Ambon Island (as Amboina), Indonesia.
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Blackmargin Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker 1853

References

Bleeker, P. 1853. Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 91-130

Gill, A.C. 2004. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smithiana, Publication in Aquatic Biodiversity, Monographs 1: 1-213

Gill, A.C. 1995. Identification of the primary types of pseudochromine species described by Pieter Bleeker, with lectotype designations for Pseudochromis tapeinosoma and P. xanthochir (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Copeia 1995(1): 243-246

Gill, A.C. & Allen, G.R. 1996. Pseudochromis viridis, a new species of dottyback from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 23(1-2): 33-38

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. 2016. Pseudochromis tapeinosoma (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69583442A115467156. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69583442A69583564.en. Downloaded on 17 June 2018.