WoRMS taxon details
Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus, 1970
398498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398498)
accepted
Species
Pseudochromis melanotus Lubbock, 1975 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kotthaus, A. (1970). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes 'Meteor' in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, VII Percomorphi (1). <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> No. 6: 43-55. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398498 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Kotthaus, A. (1970). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes 'Meteor' in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, VII Percomorphi (1). <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> No. 6: 43-55. [details]
original description (of Pseudochromis melanotus Lubbock, 1975) Lubbock, R. (1975). Fishes of the family Pseudochromidae (Perciformes) in the northwest Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> 176 (pt 1): 115-157, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Pseudochromis melanotus Lubbock, 1975) Lubbock, R. (1975). Fishes of the family Pseudochromidae (Perciformes) in the northwest Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> 176 (pt 1): 115-157, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
