Pseudochromis sankeyi

Pseudochromis sankeyi, the striped dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Western Indian Ocean which is a member of the family Pseudochromidae. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 7 cm in length.[2] The specific name honours the British collector and wholesaler of marine fish Richard D. Sankey, who gave Roger Lubbock study specimens.[3]

Pseudochromis sankeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Genus: Pseudochromis
Species:
P. sankeyi
Binomial name
Pseudochromis sankeyi
Lubbock, 1975

References

  1. Allen, G.R. (2010). "Pseudochromis sankeyi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154931A115253537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154931A4671000.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Pseudochromis sankeyi" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
  3. 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 23 October 2018.


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