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Assiculus
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Assiculus punctatus from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudochrominae
Genus: Assiculus
Richardson, 1846
Species:
A. punctatus
Binomial name
Assiculus punctatus
Richardson, 1846 [1]

Assiculus is a genus of fish in the "dottyback" family Pseudochromidae. It is monotypic, containing only Assiculus punctatus. [2] It is a small species of dottyback which is covered in small, bright blue spots. The males are bluish in colour while the females are greenish-yellow and are smaller than the males. [3] A. punctatus is found in coastal areas in the vicinity of reefs and weedy areas; normally in rather turbid waters as deep as 30 metres (98 ft). This secretive species frequents areas where there are highly eroded limestone reefs and rocks. [4]

The genus and species were first published by Sir John Richardson in an appendix to Volume 1 of John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia . [5] The specific name punctatus references the small blue spots on the dorsal part of the body and fins. [6]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Assicukus punctatus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). Species of Assiculus in FishBase . Jan 2007 version.
  3. Dianne J. Bray. "Assiculus punctatus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 20 Oct 2018.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Assiculus punctatus" in FishBase . June 2018 version.
  5. Richardson, John (1846). "Appendix: Descriptions of Six Fish". In Stokes, John Lort (ed.). Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. London: T. & W. Boone.
  6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2018.