WoRMS taxon details
Pseudochromis caudalis Boulenger, 1898
278167 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278167)
accepted
Species
Pseudochromis ranjhai Klausewitz, 1961 · unaccepted
Pseudochromis spencei Fowler, 1928 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Descriptions of two new fishes from the coast of Sind. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 2 (no. 8) (art. 20): 133-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808678027 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pseudochromis caudalis Boulenger, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278167 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Descriptions of two new fishes from the coast of Sind. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 2 (no. 8) (art. 20): 133-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808678027 [details]
original description (of Pseudochromis ranjhai Klausewitz, 1961) Klausewitz, W. (1961). Über eine kleine bemerkenswerte Fischsammlung von der Küste von Pakistan. <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 42(5/6): 427-431. [details]
original description (of Pseudochromis ranjhai Klausewitz, 1961) Klausewitz, W. (1961). Über eine kleine bemerkenswerte Fischsammlung von der Küste von Pakistan. <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 42(5/6): 427-431. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pseudochromis spencei Fowler, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudochromis ranjhai Klausewitz, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudochromis spencei Fowler, 1928)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis caudalis FIN032774 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis caudalis FIN032774B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudochromis ranjhai Klausewitz, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudochromis spencei Fowler, 1928)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis caudalis FIN032774 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis caudalis FIN032774B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS