Overview
Family : Dottybacks ; A cryptic species found in or near holes of coral and rock reefs, occurring on tide pools , lagoonal reefs, and reef slopes [1][2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Lavender Dottyback, Oblique-lined dottyback
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
岛雀鲷, 島雀鯛, 紫色拟雀鲷, 紫色擬雀鯛, 駝雀鯛, 驼雀鲷
Description
Habitat
May be found at depths of 5 to 35 meters. Usually found at depths of 5 to 35 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,798 meters (0 to -15,741 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
ic species found in or near holes of coral
and
()
- Subfamily:
Pseudochrominae
()
- Genus:
Cypho
()
- Myers, 1940
- Specific name:
purpurascens
- Scientific name: - Cypho purpurascens (De Vis, 1884)
- Specific name:
purpurascens
- Genus:
Cypho
(
- Subfamily:
Pseudochrominae
(
- Family:
ic species found in or near holes of coral
and
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Cypho purpurascens • Nesiotes purpurascens • Nesiotes purpurascens De Vis • Nesiotes purpurascens De Vis, 1884 • Pseudochromis mccullochi Myers • Pseudochromis mccullochi perpulcher Whitley • Pseudochromis purpurascens (De Vis
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cypho
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. purpurascens (Oblique-Lined Dottyback) · C. zaps (Checkered Dottyback)
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Further Reading
- Revision, phylogeny, and discussion of biology and biogeography of the fish genus Plesiops (Perciformes: Plesiopidae) / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, c1995. url p. 107.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Northern Barrier Marine Life (OBIS Australia)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125439
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-28575
- Fishbase Species ID: 12645
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 645659
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 108792
Footnotes
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
- Gill, A. C. (1999). Family Pseudochromidae. pp. 2557-2577. In Carpenter, K. E. and V. E. Niem. 1999. Species identification guide for fisheries purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to C ... [back]
- Mean = -1,259.130 meters (-4,131.004 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,129.870 based on 165 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
