Blackback Dottyback
Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus, 1970
Also calledPseudodonzela-de-dorso-preto (por) · sapínovec skvrnitý (ces)
First described in: Kotthaus, A. (1970). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes 'Meteor' in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, VII Percomorphi (1). <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> No. 6: 43-55.
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pseudochromis punctatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2381599.