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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPseudochromidae
  5. ›genusAmsichthys
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Knight's Dottyback

Amsichthys knighti (Allen, 1987)

Also calledOmetanabatamegisu (jpn) · Pseudodonzela-olhuda (por) · sapínovec rifový (ces) · オオメタナバタメギス (jpn) · 奈氏魚雀鯛 (zho) · 擬鮗 (zho)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, south to Great Barrier Reef (Australia) and Coral Sea. Found in coral reefs among rubble and in crevices 10 – 30 m depth. Marine.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

materials_examined

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Selapiu Island, Kavieng District, 1 – 31 m depth, St. T 14, on 3 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4284545.