Pseudochromis yamasakii, the dottybelly dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pseudochromidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean around Japan.[1]
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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. yamasakii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochromis yamasakii | |
Description
editPseudochromis yamasakii reaches a standard length of 5.1 cm (2.0 in).[2]
Entymology
editThe fish is named for Kimihiro Yamasaki, who collected the holotype specimen and provided photographs of the new species.
References
edit- ^ Gill, A.C. and H. Senou, 2016. Pseudochromis yamasakii, a new species of dottyback fish from Japan (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae). Zootaxa 4173(3):296-300.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudochromis yamasakii". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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