Assiculus
| Assiculus | |
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| Assiculus punctatus from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudochrominae |
| Genus: | Assiculus Richardson, 1846 |
| Species: | A. punctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846
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Assiculus is a genus of fish in the "dottyback" family Pseudochromidae. It is monotypic, containing only Assiculus punctatus.
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.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Assiculus". FishBase. Jan 2007 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Assiculus punctatus". FishBase. Jan 2007 version.
- Richardson, John (1846). "Appendix: Descriptions of Six Fish". In Stokes, John Lort (ed.). Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. London: T. & W. Boone.
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