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Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pholidochromis: Name from Greek pholis, meaning a scale or spot, chromis a genus of pomacentrid that has been used as the stem of various other fish genera, alludes to the distinctive dark spots around the head pores; marginatus: Name from Latin meaning to furnish with a border, refers to the typical dark submarginal stripes on the caudal, dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 81967).
Issue
Gender agreement to be confirmed. Is kept marginatus as in the original name in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 10 m (Ref. 81967). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Indonesia..
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26137)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 3; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 22; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 13.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Found in shallow water in areas of living hard and soft corals (Ref. 26137); sometimes in relatively silty areas (Ref. 81967).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 6192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 28.7 - 29.3, mean 29 °C (based on 238 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00193 - 0.01299), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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