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Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pseudochromis: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 15 m (Ref. 88695). Tropical; 28°N - 12°N, 42°E - 62°E
Western Indian Ocean: from the Makran Coast and Persian Gulf around the Arabian Peninsula to the southern Red Sea and south to Socotra (Ref. 88695). Species occur in two main color forms: with and without the broad, dark brown to dark grey stripe on the side of the body (Ref. 12720).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11441)
A cryptic species; collected from tide pools, around boulders, and rock and coral reefs. May sometimes take refuge among spines of large Diadema sea urchins (Ref. 12720). In Socotra Archipelago, it inhabits equally frequently mixed communities of macroalgae and hard corals and sparse hard coral communities on rock platform, including the south and west coast, as well as hard coral communities including those dominated by Acropora, Porites, Galaxea, and encrusting and massive Agariciidae, Pectiniidae, and Mussidae (Ref. 88695).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 26.2 - 28.8, mean 27.6 °C (based on 129 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00191 - 0.01317), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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