''Pseudoplesiops'' is a genus of
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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fishes currently with ten described species. They are distributed in the south
Pacific
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and in the
Indian Ocean
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as far west as the
Maldive Islands
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.
Species
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Pseudoplesiops annae''
(Weber
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, 1913) (Anna's dottyback)
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Pseudoplesiops collare''
A.C. Gill, Randall & Edwards, 1991 (Collared dottyback)
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Pseudoplesiops howensis''
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, 1987 (Lord Howe dottyback)
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Pseudoplesiops immaculatus''
A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2002 (Immaculate dottyback)
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Pseudoplesiops occidentalis''
A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2002
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Pseudoplesiops revellei''
Schultz, 1953 (Bearded Dottyback)
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Pseudoplesiops rosae''
Schultz, 1943 (Rose Island Basslet)
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Pseudoplesiops typus''
Bleeker, 1858 (Hidden Basslet)
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Pseudoplesiops wassi''
A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2003 (Fleckfin Dottyback)
References
Fishbase entry for ''Pseudoplesiops''''Pseudoplesiops wassi'', a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific A.C. GILL & A.J. EDWARDS
Pseudoplesiopinae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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