Chlidichthys is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the western and central Indian Ocean, it is part of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae which in turn is a constituent subfamily of the dottyback family, the Pseudochromidae. Within the Pseudoplesiopinae, Chlidichthys is regarded as a sister taxon to Pectinochromis.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoplesiopinae |
| Genus: | Chlidichthys J.L.B. Smith, 1953 |
| Type species | |
| Chlidichthys johnvoelckeri J.L.B. Smith, 1953[1]
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Species
editThe following species are classified in the genus Chlidichthys:[3]
- Chlidichthys abruptus Lubbock, 1977 (St Brandon's dottyback)
- Chlidichthys auratus Lubbock, 1975 (Golden dottyback)
- Chlidichthys bibulus (J.L.B. Smith, 1954) (Nosey dottyback)
- Chlidichthys cacatuoides A.C. Gill & Randall, 1994 (Cockatoo dottyback)
- Chlidichthys chagosensis A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2004 (Chagos dottyback)
- Chlidichthys clibanarius A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2004 (Chainmail dottyback)
- Chlidichthys foudioides A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2004 (Fody dottyback)
- Chlidichthys inornatus Lubbock, 1976
- Chlidichthys johnvoelckeri J.L.B. Smith, 1953 (Cerise dottyback)
- Chlidichthys pembae J.L.B. Smith, 1954
- Chlidichthys randalli Lubbock, 1977
- Chlidichthys rubiceps Lubbock, 1975
- Chlidichthys smithae Lubbock, 1977
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chlidichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Anthony C. Gill & Alasdair J. Edwards (2004). "Revision of the Indian Ocean Dottyback Fish Genera Chlidichthys and Pectinochromis (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae)". Smithiana Bulletin. 3: 1–47. ISSN 1684-4130.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chlidichthys". FishBase. June 2018 version.
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