''Pseudochromis caudalis'', the stripe-tailed 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
family
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Pseudochromidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka and southern India to the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz.
Description
''Pseudochromis caudalis'' reaches a
standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology.
Overall length
Standard length (SL) is ...
of .
References
caudalis
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Fish described in 1898
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