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Pseudochromis melas Lubbock, 1977

Dark dottyback
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South Africa country information

Common names: Bicoloured dottyback, Dark dottyback, Donker spikkelrug
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Common on reefs off Natal (Ref. 11228). One specimen has been collected from Sodwana Bay.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, M.M., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pseudochromis: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  melas: Named for its color, black (Ref. 81967).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 15 - 30 m (Ref. 11228).   Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Western Indian Ocean: Kenya and Natal, South Africa.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 11228)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 3; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 26; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 15.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Often in rocky crevices (Ref. 9137); coral reefs on reef slopes (Ref. 81967).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Smith, M.M., 1986. Pseudochromidae. p. 539-541. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5471)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless




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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.9 - 27.5, mean 26.9 (based on 20 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00187 - 0.01281), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).