Pseudoplesiops wassi, the fleckfin dottyback or Wass's dottyback, is a species of dottyback fish.[2][3] It is found associated with coral reefs and other rocky coastal habitats in a large part of the south-western Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands. The specific name honours the fisheries biologist Richard C. Wass.[2][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoplesiops |
| Species: | P. wassi
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| Pseudoplesiops wassi | |
This rather variable but always brilliantly coloured species shares with Pseudoplesiops collare a higher number (14) of precaudal vertebrae than other members of the genus and differs markedly from that species in colour, having prominent blue spots at the base of the dorsal and anal fins. Pseudoplesiops wassi grows to around 30 mm standard length.
References
edit- ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Pseudoplesiops wassi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69583466A115468419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69583466A69583594.en.
- ^ a b c Gill, Anthony C.; Edwards, Alasdair J. (9 September 2003). "Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific". Zootaxa. 291 (1): 1–7. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.291.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Fishes of the National Park of American Samoa: Pseudoplesiops wassi". www.botany.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
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