Pseudochromis melas Lubbock, 1977
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudochromis melas Lubbock, 1977
- Name authority
- Lubbock, 1977
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Genus
- Pseudochromis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyPseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849
- subfamilyPseudochrominae Müller & Troschel, 1849
- genusPseudochromis Rüppell, 1835
- speciesPseudochromis melas Lubbock, 1977
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudochromis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pseudochromis aldabraensis Bauchot-Boutin, 1958 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis alticaudex Gill, 2004 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis andamanensis Lubbock, 1980 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis aurulentus Gill & Randall, 1998 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis chrysospilus Gill & Zajonz, 2011 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| forktail dottybackPseudochromis dixurus Lubbock, 1975 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis dutoiti Smith, 1955 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis flammicauda Lubbock & Goldman, 1976 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sunrise dottybackPseudochromis flavivertex Rüppell, 1835 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis jace Allen, Gill & Erdmann, 2008 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis kolythrus Gill & Winterbottom, 1993 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudochromis leucorhynchus Lubbock, 1977 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lubbock, R. (1977). Fishes of the family Pseudochromidae (Perciformes) in the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, No. 35: 1–28, Pls. 1–5. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4NTM4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.