Amsichthys knighti — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Pseudochromidae/Amsichthys

At a glance

Occurrence records517

Data sources7

Biological traits7

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Amsichthys knighti's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility177 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System340 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS517 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The bugeye dottyback (Amsichthys knighti), also known as Knight's dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish, the only species in the monospecific genus Amsichthys, belonging to the subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae, of the family Pseudochromidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length4.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max30 m

Depth min10 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amsichthys knighti has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type517 records

Wild obs. + sensor36

Museum / vouchered480

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO668 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit114

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 16.2 m · max 46 m · 114 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 1>10 km 3

4 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor36

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy22% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 22≤10 km 37>10 km 57

121 georeferenced · 359 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence480

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	45
Sydney, AU	39
Toronto, CA	28
Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record	24
Washington, US	13
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	10
Chicago, US	5
CASlocation not on record	4
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Natick, US	1

10 institutions · 170 of 480 vouchered records shown