''Cypho'' is a
genus of
ray-finned fishes from the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Pseudochrominae
Pseudochrominae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies that make up the family Pseudochromidae, the species within the subfamily are commonly called dottybacks. They are small reef-associated marine fish which have an Indo ...
, which is one of four subfamilies in the
dottyback
The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes which were formerly classified in the order Perciformes, but this has been revised and the family is regarded as of uncertain affinities, or ''incertae sedis'' within the Ovalentaria, a cl ...
family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean as far east as Tonga.
Species
There are two species in the genus:
* ''
Cypho purpurascens''
De Vis, 1884 (Oblique-lined dottyback)
* ''
Cypho zaps''
A.C. Gill, 2004 (Checkered dottyback)
References
{{Taxonbar, From=Q761840
Pseudochrominae