Orange-spotted Dottyback
Pseudochromis rutilus Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
Also calledPseudodonzela-ferrugem (por)
First described in: Gill, A.C.; Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M. (2012). Two new dottyback species of the genus <i>Pseudochromis</i> from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae). Zootaxa 3161:53-60.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Description (based on the holotype). Dorsal-fin rays III, 26, all segmented rays branched; anal-fin rays III, 14, all segmented rays branched; pectoral-fin rays 18 / 18; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 6; lower procurrent caudal-fin rays 6; total caudal-fin rays 29; scales in lateral series 32 / 34; anterior lateral-line scales 24 / 26; anterior lateral line terminating beneath segmented dorsal-fin ray 19 / 20; posterior lateral-line scales 8 + 1 / 7 + 1; scales between lateral lines 3 / 3; horizontal scale rows above anal-fin origin 13 + 1 + 3 / 14 + 1 + 3; circumpeduncular scales 16; predorsal scales 25; scales behind eye 3; scales to preopercular angle 5; gill rakers 5 + 12 = 17; pseudobranch filaments 11; circumorbital pores 30 / 28; preopercular pores 10 / 9; dentary pores 4 / 4; posterior interorbital pores 2. Lower lip incomplete (interrupted at symphysis); dorsal and anal fins without scale sheaths, though with intermittent scales overlapping fin bases; predorsal scales extending anteriorly to midway between anterior and posterior nostrils; opercle with 4 – 5 indistinct serrations; teeth of outer ceratobranchial- 1 gill rakers well-developed on distal halves of rakers only
Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. A species of Pseudochromis with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays III, 26; anal-fin rays III, 14; circumpeduncular scales 16; dorsal-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin 34.7 % SL; third anal-fin spine 7.1 % SL.
Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)
discussion
Remarks. The specific epithet is from the Latin, meaning reddish gold, and alludes to the purplish red and yellow to gold live coloration.
Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)
materials_examined
Holotype. MZB 20568, 55.0 mm SL, Indonesia, Nusa Penida, Buyuk (08 ° 40 ’ S 115 ° 33 ’ E), 65 – 70 m, M. V. Erdmann, 25 November 2008 (field number NP- 08 - 12 A).
Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7193080.