''Pectinochromis'' is a

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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 ...

from the

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Pseudoplesiopinae Pseudoplesiopinae is a subfamily of the Family (biology), family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks, it consists of small species of coral-reef inhabiting fish which are distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific. Characteristics Workers have establis ...

in the

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Pseudochromidae, 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. ...

s. The only species in the genus is ''Pectinochromis lubbocki'', a small reef living dottyback from the

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. This genus is the sister taxon to the genus ''

Chlidichthys ''Chlidichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the western and central Indian Ocean, it is part of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae which in turn is a constituent subfamily of the dottyback family, the Pseudochromidae. Within the Pseudople ...

''. The

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honours the

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Roger Lubbock (1951–1981), in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae.

References

{{Taxonbar, From=Q2035280 Pseudoplesiopinae Taxa named by Anthony C. Gill Taxa named by Alasdair James Edwards Fish described in 1983 Monotypic fish genera