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GBIF·2381718speciesAnimalia37 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPseudochromidae
  5. ›genusPseudochromis
Pseudochromis dixurus: field photographsPseudochromis dixurus: field photographsPseudochromis dixurus: field photographsPseudochromis dixurus: field photographsPseudochromis dixurus: museum & herbarium specimensPseudochromis dixurus: museum & herbarium specimens

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IUCN LC · Least concern

Forktail Dottyback

Pseudochromis dixurus Lubbock, 1975

Also calledGabelschwanz-Zwergbarsch (deu) · Pseudodonzela-cauda-de-lira (por) · sapínovec lyroocasý (ces)

First described in: Lubbock, R. (1975). Fishes of the family Pseudochromidae (Perciformes) in the northwest Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> 176 (pt 1): 115-157, Pls. 1-5.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2381718.