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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]
Found in Himalayan mountains, Southern India and rest of Southeast Asia, the most number of species for this genus of orchids are found in the Philippines. The country represents the center of Phalaenopsis orchids with about twenty two species [ 5 ] and several natural hybrids, more than any other country in the world. [ 6 ]
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 ...
Manonichthys alleni, the Sabah dottyback is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.
Jim Cootes is an Australian orchid enthusiast who is the foremost expert on orchids of the Philippines. He did field work in the Philippines from 1997 and 2000 as part of his research for the book. The book is an important guide for researchers, orchid collectors and botanists in the field of endemic orchid species.
Pages in category "Orchids of the Philippines" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 217 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Manonichthys polynemus, the longfin dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12 cm in length. [3] This species lives solitarily on steep outer reef slopes and in parts of the reef with dense coral growth.
Pictichromis diadema is the first dottyback to be kept in captivity. They are widely sold for the aquarium trade. A very skittish addition to any aquarium, one should be wary to keep this species with other fish of similar sizes; if the Pictichromis diadema is the bigger, he will attack them, whereas if he is the smaller, he will hide most of the time.