Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Collected from tidal pools and coral and rock reefs; associated with live and dead branching corals (e.g. Acropora and Pocillopora).
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Gill, A.C. and J.K.L. Mee 1993 Notes on dottyback fishes of the genus Pseudochromis of Oman, with description of a new species (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 20(2):53-60. (Ref. 12720)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12720&speccode=26799
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Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and southeastern Arabian Peninsula, and from the Persian Gulf east to Pakistan.
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Gill, A.C. and J.K.L. Mee 1993 Notes on dottyback fishes of the genus Pseudochromis of Oman, with description of a new species (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 20(2):53-60. (Ref. 12720)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12720&speccode=26799
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
8.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 11441))
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Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11441&speccode=4740
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Type Information
Paratype for Pseudochromis linda Randall & Stanaland
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Randall, L. Mccarthy, B. Stanaland & A. Tarr
Year Collected: 1985
Locality: Persian Gulf; Saudi Arabia; Jana Island, W Side, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf, Indian
Depth (m): 1.5 to 1.5
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Randall, L. Mccarthy, B. Stanaland & A. Tarr
Year Collected: 1985
Locality: Persian Gulf; Saudi Arabia; Jana Island, W Side, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf, Indian
Depth (m): 1.5 to 1.5
- Paratype: Randall, J. E. & Stanaland, B. E. 1989. Revue Francaise d'Aquariologie, Herpetologie. 15 (4): 107.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 7
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 7
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Depth: 0 - 15m.
Recorded at 15 meters.
Habitat: demersal. Collected from tidal pools and coral and rock reefs; associated with live and dead branching corals (e.g. @Acropora@ and @Pocillopora@).
Recorded at 15 meters.
Habitat: demersal. Collected from tidal pools and coral and rock reefs; associated with live and dead branching corals (e.g. @Acropora@ and @Pocillopora@).
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Environment
demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 12720)
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Gill, A.C. and J.K.L. Mee 1993 Notes on dottyback fishes of the genus Pseudochromis of Oman, with description of a new species (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 20(2):53-60. (Ref. 12720)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12720&speccode=26799
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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