| 词条 | Bugeye dottyback |
| 释义 |
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | taxon = Amsichthys knighti | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = A.C. Gill & A.J. Edwards, 1999[2] | authority = Allen, 1987 | synonyms = Pseudoplesiops knighti Allen, 1987 | synonyms_ref = [3] }} The bugeye dottyback (Amsichthys knighti), also known as Knight's dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish, the only species in the monospecific genus Amsichthys, part of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae, part of the family Pseudochromidae.[3] DescriptionThe bugeye dottyback is a small, rarely seen species of dottyback which varies in colour from a uniform yellow through to brown. It has a pinkish snout and brown individuals have a yellow caudal fin.[4] It goes to a maximum total length of {{convert|4.5|cm|in}} in males.[3] DistributionThe bugeye dottyback is found in the Indo-Pacific region from western Thailand east through the Malay Archipelago to the Solomon Islands and Wallis Island, south to northern Australia and north to southern Japan.[1] In Austrlia it is distributed from Scott Reef in Western Australia to the Capricorn Islands in Queensland.[4] BiologyThe bugeye dottyback occurs in coastal reef slopes where it inhabits areas of algal growth among boulders down to depths of {{convert|20|m|ft}} and it is also found in inshore reefs. It is a secretive and shy species which is most often recorded when piscicides are used to collect specimens.[3] NameThe genus name compounds the initials of the Australian Museum, Sydney, the "AMS" with the greek word for "fish@, ichthys, Amsichthys. The specific name honours Ronald Knight, Sr. of Manus, Papua New Guinea, who provided hospitality to Gerald R. Allen when he was on a collecting trip in 1982.[5] The location the type specimen was collected was the Ribbon Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef.[4] References1. ^1 {{cite journal | author = Smith-Vaniz, W.F. | year= 2016 | title = Amsichthys knighti (errata version published in 2017) | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T69583335A115463929 | doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69583335A69583479.en }} {{Taxonbar|from=Q5655575}}2. ^{{Cof record|genid=10578|title=Amsichthys|access-date=23 October 2018}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{FishBase|Amsichthys|knighti|month=June|year=2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web | author = Dianne J. Bray | title = Amsichthys knighti | work = Fishes of Australia | accessdate = 24 Oct 2018 | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4343 | publisher = Fishes of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/| title = Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE | accessdate= 23 October 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | last-author-amp = yes | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 30 April 2018}} 1 : Pseudoplesiopinae |
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