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The royal dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellorum), [3] also called the bicolor dottyback, gramma dotty or false gramma is a fish commonly kept in marine aquariums. The front of the fish is bright purple and the posterior is yellow. In an aquarium, it will grow up to three inches long.
11. Royal gramma. Royal gramma fish. Despite its vivid, “look-at-me” appearance, the two-tone royal gramma is a peaceful, gentle fish with a tendency to hide away. ... Flashback Dottyback ...
Its common name is orchid dottyback. It is endemic to the Red Sea. [1] This fish is up to 6.3 centimeters long. It lives in tropical marine waters up to 60 meters deep near reefs. It shelters in holes and under overhangs. [1] This species has been bred in captivity and is of some commercial importance as an aquarium pet. [1]
The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes which were formerly classified in the order Perciformes, but this has been revised and the family is regarded as of uncertain affinities, or incertae sedis within the Ovalentaria, a clade within the Percomorpha.
The species in the Pseudochrominae are mainly associated with reefs, with several species which are found among branching corals and some other species live within large sponges, dottybacks are found from the intertidal shallows down to depths of 100 metres (330 ft).
Pseudochromis flavivertex Rüppell, 1835 (Sunrise dottyback) Pseudochromis flavopunctatus A. C. Gill & J. E. Randall, 1998 (Yellow-spotted dottyback) Pseudochromis fowleri Herre, 1934 (Philippines dottyback) Pseudochromis fridmani Klausewitz, 1968 (Orchid dottyback) Pseudochromis fuligifinis A. C. Gill & J. T. Williams, 2011 (Soot-tail ...
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A dusky dottyback, Pseudochromis fuscus, at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Pseudochromis fuscus is a species of saltwater fish in the dottyback family. Dottybacks are generally very bright in color and relatively small, factors which have made them popular among aquarium enthusiasts.