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Pseudochromis moorei
Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pseudochromis moorei, the jaguar dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pseudochromidae, It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[2]
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Description
This species reaches a standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[3]
Entymology
The fish is named in honor of John Percy Moore (1869-1965), of the University of Pennsylvania, who was assistant curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and a specialist in leeches and their biological control.[4]
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