''Pseudochromis aurulentus'', the yellowlip dottyback, is a species 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 ...

in the

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Pseudochromidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.

Description

''Pseudochromis aurulentus'' reaches a

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of .

References

aurulentus Taxa named by Anthony C. Gill Taxa named by John Ernest Randall Fish described in 1998 {{Pseudochromidae-stub