Pseudoplesiops

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Pseudoplesiops
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae
Genus: Pseudoplesiops
Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Pseudoplesiops typus
Bleeker 1858

Pseudoplesiops is a genus of dottyback fishes currently with ten described species. They are distributed in the south Pacific and in the Indian Ocean as far west as the Maldive Islands.

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