Big-eye dottyback
Pseudoplesiops typus
- Usual depth1–11 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, September, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 19 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 15 records
- October: 16 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–11 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Big-eye dottyback, Hidden basslet, Ring-eyed Dottyback, Ringeyed Dottyback, Ringeye Dottyback
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 擬鮗
Other scientific names: Pseudoplesiops sargenti
Similar species
- Large-scaled Dottyback
Pseudoplesiops rosae
- Anna's Dottyback
Pseudoplesiops annae
AmbeetunbeetCongrogadus subducens
Marshall DottybackPseudochromis marshallensis
- Darkstriped Dottyback
Labracinus cyclophthalmus
- Blue-barred Dottyback
Pseudochromis cyanotaenia
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 162 open-data records from 1909 to 2023.
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