Chlidichthys

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]

Chlidichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae
Genus: Chlidichthys
J.L.B. Smith, 1953
Type species
Chlidichthys johnvoelckeri
J.L.B. Smith, 1953[1]

Species

The 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
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References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Chlidichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Chlidichthys in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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