African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pseudoplesiops Bleeker, 1858

WoRMS taxon details

Pseudoplesiops Bleeker, 1858

AphiaID

203996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203996)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pseudoplesiopinae Bleeker, 1875

Synonymised names

Nematochromis Weber, 1913 · unaccepted

Direct children (16)

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Species Pseudoplesiops annae (Weber, 1913)
Species Pseudoplesiops collare Gill, Randall & Edwards, 1991
Species Pseudoplesiops howensis Allen, 1987
Species Pseudoplesiops immaculatus Gill & Edwards, 2002
Species Pseudoplesiops occidentalis Gill & Edwards, 2002
Species Pseudoplesiops revellei Schultz, 1953
Species Pseudoplesiops rosae Schultz, 1943
Species Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker, 1858
Species Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards, 2003
Species Pseudoplesiops auratus (Lubbock, 1975) accepted as Chlidichthys auratus Lubbock, 1975
Species Pseudoplesiops bibulus (Smith, 1954) accepted as Chlidichthys bibulus (Smith, 1954)
Species Pseudoplesiops knighti Allen, 1987 accepted as Amsichthys knighti (Allen, 1987)
Species Pseudoplesiops lubbocki Edwards & Randall, 1983 accepted as Pectinochromis lubbocki (Edwards & Randall, 1983)
Species Pseudoplesiops multisquamata Allen, 1987 accepted as Lubbockichthys multisquamatus (Allen, 1987) (misspelling)
Species Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus Allen, 1987 accepted as Lubbockichthys multisquamatus (Allen, 1987)
Species Pseudoplesiops sargenti Schultz, 1953 accepted as Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker, 1858

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bleeker, P. (1858). Bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van den Goram-Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. v. 15 (no. 1): 197-218. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pseudoplesiops Bleeker, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203996 on 2025-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-07-10 07:30:39Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Bleeker, P. (1858). Bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van den Goram-Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. v. 15 (no. 1): 197-218. [details]

basis of record Edwards, A.; Randall, J. E. (1982). A new dottyback of the genus Pseudoplesiops (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae) from the Red Sea. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]