Pseudochromis wilsoni, the yellowfin dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pseudochromidae. It is found in Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochromis |
| Species: | P. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochromis wilsoni (Whitley, 1929)
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Description
editThis species reaches a standard length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in). [3]
Entymology
editThe fish is named for Leonard Wilson of Darwin, Australia, who collected animals for the Australian Museum (Sydney), including fishes.[4]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2022). "Pseudochromis wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T170730460A170779790. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudochromis wilsoni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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