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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.
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 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).
They are generally small, mostly less than 10 cm (4 in) in length, and some less than 2 cm (0.8 in). [3] The largest by far, at up to 45 cm (1 ft 6 in), is Congrogadus subducens . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Dottybacks are distinguished from other families by the presence of three or less spines in the dorsal fin and an incomplete lateral line organ.
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The royal gramma will also have a small black spot on the front of the dorsal fin and a black line that streaks through the eye. It resembles the false gramma (Pictichromis paccagnellae), with the two main differences between the two being the false gramma has clear fins and does not fade, but rather has a distinct change in color. The royal ...
The sailfin dottyback (Oxycercichthys veliferus), also known as the longtail dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae.They can be found in the Western Central Pacific, on the Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs in the Coral Sea, [3] in the sandy bottoms near rock and coral formations.
The pale dottyback (Pseudochromis pesi) is a species of fish in the family Pseudochromidae. It is found in, the Red Sea off Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. [2]