# Assiculus

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Genus of fishes

Assiculus Assiculus punctatus from John Lort Stokes' 1846 Discoveries in Australia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Blenniiformes Family: Pseudochromidae Subfamily: Pseudochrominae Genus: Assiculus Richardson, 1846 Species: A. punctatus Binomial name Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846[1]

***Assiculus*** is a genus of fish in the "dottyback" family [Pseudochromidae](/source/Pseudochromidae). It is monotypic, containing only ***Assiculus punctatus***.[2] It is a small species of [dottyback](/source/Dottyback) which is covered in small, bright blue spots. The males are bluish in colour while the females are greenish-yellow and are smaller than the males.[3] *A. punctatus* is found in coastal areas in the vicinity of reefs and weedy areas; normally in rather turbid waters as deep as 30 metres (98 ft). This secretive species frequents areas where there are highly eroded limestone reefs and rocks.[4]

The genus and species were first published by [Sir John Richardson](/source/John_Richardson_(naturalist)) in an appendix to Volume 1 of [John Lort Stokes](/source/John_Lort_Stokes)' 1846 *[Discoveries in Australia](/source/Discoveries_in_Australia)*.[5] The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) *punctatus* references the small blue spots on the dorsal part of the body and fins.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoF_1-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["*Assicukus punctatus*"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=22361). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 20 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FishBase_genus_2-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Assiculus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Assiculus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. Jan 2007 version.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FoA_3-0)** Dianne J. Bray. ["*Assiculus punctatus*"](http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1819). *Fishes of Australia*. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 20 Oct 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FishBase_4-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Assiculus punctatus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Assiculus&speciesname=punctatus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Stokes_5-0)** Richardson, John (1846). "Appendix: Descriptions of Six Fish". In Stokes, John Lort (ed.). *[Discoveries in Australia](/source/Discoveries_in_Australia), Volume 1*. London: T. & W. Boone.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ETYFish_6-0)** Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). ["Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201108171554/http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/). *The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database*. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from [the original](http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/) on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

Taxon identifiers Assiculus punctatus Wikidata: Q2280843 Wikispecies: Assiculus AFD: Assiculus_punctatus CoL: HMD7 FishBase: 15009 GBIF: 2381596 iNaturalist: 346432 IRMNG: 10761134 ITIS: 645568 IUCN: 170278421 Observation.org: 905580 OBIS: 279765 Open Tree of Life: 3633762 WoRMS: 279765

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