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Pseudochromis fridmani is a species of fish in the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. 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]
Pseudochromis melanurus A. C. Gill, 2004 (Black-tail dottyback) Pseudochromis melas Lubbock, 1977 (Dark dottyback) Pseudochromis mooii A. C. Gill, 2004 (Mooi's dottyback) Pseudochromis moorei Fowler, 1931 (Jaguar dottyback) Pseudochromis natalensis Regan, 1916 (Natal dottyback) Pseudochromis nigrovittatus Boulenger, 1897 (Black-stripe dottyback)
Pseudochrominae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies that make up the family Pseudochromidae, the species within the subfamily are commonly called dottybacks. They are small reef-associated marine fish which have an Indo-Pacific distribution.
Pseudochromis magnificus, the magnificent dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Cargados Carajos in the Western Indian Ocean which is a member of the family Pseudochromidae. [ 1 ] References
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.
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.
The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. Around 150 species belong to this family. Around 150 species belong to this family. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pseudochromidae .
Pseudochromis viridis, also known as the green dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pseudochromidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around Christmas Island . [ 2 ]