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Pictichromis aurifrons (Lubbock, 1980)

Gold-browed dottyback
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Gold-browed dottyback
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality,Port Moresby (Ref. 48635). Museum: east side of Basilisk Passage, Port Moresby, BMNH 1979.1.9.12 (holotype, 46.9 cm SL) (Ref. 26137). Also Ref. 90102.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kailola, P.J., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

金额拟雀鲷, Yellow-top dottyback, 金額擬雀鯛, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pictichromis: Name from Latin pictus meaning painted or colored, and Greek Chromis, a genus of pomacentrid, used as the stem for other fish genera; alludes to the bright live colorations of the included species (Ref. 81967).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 13 - 30 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical

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