WoRMS taxon details
Pseudochromis olivaceus Rüppell, 1835
218332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218332)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pseudochromis olivaceus Rüppell, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218332 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | olive dottyback | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudochromis olivaceus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis olivaceus FIN032813 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis olivaceus FIN032814 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudochromis olivaceus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis olivaceus FIN032813 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudochromis olivaceus FIN032814 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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