Labracinus cyclophthalmus

Labracinus cyclophthalmus, the fire-tail devil or fire-tailed dottyback, is a species of ray finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae which occurs in the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length.[1]

Labracinus cyclophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudochrominae
Genus: Labracinus
Species:
L. cyclophthalmus
Binomial name
Labracinus cyclophthalmus
Synonyms[1]
  • Cichlops cyclophthalmus J.P. Müller & Troschel, 1849
  • Dampieria cyclophthalma J.P. Müller & Troschel, 1849
  • Dampieria cyclophthalmus J.P. Müller & Troschel, 1849
  • Julis horsfieldii Valenciennes, 1839
  • Halichoeres horsfieldi (Valenciennes, 1839)
  • Cichlops melanotaenia Bleeker, 1853
  • Dampieria melanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Labracinus melanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Cichlops spilopterus Bleeker, 1853
  • Dampieria spiloptera (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Cichlops hellmuthii Bleeker, 1854
  • Cichlops trispilos Bleeker, 1855
  • Cichlops japonicus T.N. Gill, 1859
  • Dampieria melanostigma Fowler, 1931
  • Dampieria ocellifera Fowler, 1946

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Labracinus cyclophthalmus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.


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