Common names:
Sailfin dottyback
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
marine
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Comments:
Type locality, Great Barrier Reef: north Point, Lizard I., BMNH 1979.1.9.36 (holotype of Pseudochromis veliferus, 6.15 cm SL), paratypes - BMNH 1979.1.9.39-40, 1979.1.9.37-38, USNM 219403, BPBM 22523, MHNG 2023.69; One Tree I., AMS I.5682-022 (Ref. 26137). Known from the Great Barrier Reef, from Great Detached Reef south to the Capricorn Group (Ref. 81967).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Oxycercichthys:Name is a combination of the Greek oxys for sharp, kerkos for tail and ichthys for fish; alludes to the distinct caudal-fin shape..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 12 - 50 m (Ref. 81967), usually 12 - 35 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical
Distribution
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