Abstract

A new species of Pseudochromis (Pseudochromidae) is described on the basis of a single specimen trawled from 80 m at Glomar Shoal, off northern Western Australia. Pseudochromis reticulatus n.sp. is separable from other Pseudochromis in having the following characters in combination: dorsal rays III,27 (all soft rays branched), anal rays III,15, scales in lateral series 34 to 36, anterior lateral line scales 28 to 30, circumpeduncular scales 16, and caudal fin pointed.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Gill and Woodland, 1992, Rec. Aust. Mus. 44(3): 247–251
Author
Anthony G. Gill; D. J. Woodland
Year
1992
Title
Description of a new dottyback of the genus Pseudochromis (Pisces: Pseudochromidae) from Western Australia
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
44
Issue
3
Start Page
247
End Page
251
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.44.1992.33
Language
en
Date Published
05 December 1992
Cover Date
05 December 1992
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
FISHES; TAXONOMY
Digitized
25 February 2009
Available Online
09 March 2009
Reference Number
33
EndNote
33.enw
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