Lubbockichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific region which belongs to the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae, part of the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. The species in this genus have small cycloid scales throughout their lives; some of their head bones have a weakly honeycombed surface; and the parietal bone encloses the rear section of the supratemporal laterosensory canal.[2]
| Lubbockichthys | |
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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: | Lubbockichthys A.C. Gill & Edwards, 1999 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus | |
The name of this genus honours the Cambridge University ichthyologist, Roger Lubbock (1951-1981) in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae.[3]
Species
editThree species are currently classified in the genus Lubbockichthys:[4]
- Lubbockichthys multisquamatus (G. R. Allen, 1987) (Fine-scaled dottyback)
- Lubbockichthys myersi A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2006
- Lubbockichthys tanakai A.C.Gill & Senou, 2002 (Tanaka's dottyback)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lubbockichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Anthony C. Gill; Alasdair J. Edwards (2006). "Lubbockichthys myersi, a new species of dottyback fish from Guam (Pseudochromidae : Pseudoplesiopinae)". Zootaxa. 1320: 43–48.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lubbockichthys". FishBase. June 2018 version.