''Cypho'' is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
es from the
subfamily
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Pseudochrominae
Pseudochrominae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies that make up the family Pseudochromidae, the species within the subfamily are commonly called dottybacks. They are small reef-associated marine fish which have an Indo-P ...
, which is one of four subfamilies in the
dottyback
The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes which were formerly classified in the order Perciformes or considered ''incertae sedis'' percomorphs, but are now considered basal blenniiforms. Around 152 species belong to this family.
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family
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Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean as far east as Tonga.
Species
There are two species in the genus:
* ''
Cypho purpurascens''
De Vis, 1884 (Oblique-lined dottyback)
* ''
Cypho zaps''
A.C. Gill, 2004 (Checkered dottyback)
References
Pseudochrominae
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