Pectinochromis is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish from the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae in the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. The only species in the genus is Pectinochromis lubbocki, a small reef living dottyback from the Red Sea.[2] This genus is the sister taxon to the genus Chlidichthys.[3] The specific name honours the Cambridge University ichthyologist Roger Lubbock (1951–1981), in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae.[4]
References
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). “Pectinochromis”. Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). “Pectinochromis lubbocki“. FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (13 September 2024). “Order CICHLIFORMES: Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE”. The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 May 2025.