Chlidichthys is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the western and central Indian Ocean, it is part of the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae which in turn is a constituent subfamily of the dottyback family, the Pseudochromidae. Within the Pseudoplesiopinae, Chlidichthys is regarded as a sister taxon to Pectinochromis.
Species
The following species are classified in the genus Chlidichthys:
- Chlidichthys abruptus <small>Lubbock, 1977</small> (St Brandon's dottyback)
- Chlidichthys auratus <small>Lubbock, 1975</small> (Golden dottyback)
- Chlidichthys bibulus <small>(J.L.B. Smith, 1954)</small> (Nosey dottyback)
- Chlidichthys cacatuoides <small>A.C. Gill & Randall, 1994</small> (Cockatoo dottyback)
- Chlidichthys chagosensis <small>A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2004</small> (Chagos dottyback)
- Chlidichthys clibanarius <small>A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2004</small> (Chainmail dottyback)
- Chlidichthys foudioides <small>A.C.Gill & Edwards, 2004</small> (Fody dottyback)
- Chlidichthys inornatus <small>Lubbock, 1976</small>
- Chlidichthys johnvoelckeri <small>J.L.B. Smith, 1953</small> (Cerise dottyback)
- Chlidichthys pembae <small>J.L.B. Smith, 1954</small>
- Chlidichthys randalli <small>Lubbock, 1977</small>
- Chlidichthys rubiceps <small>Lubbock, 1975</small>
- Chlidichthys smithae <small>Lubbock, 1977</small>
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