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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Has black marking through eye and another on the dorsal fin. Do not confuse with the Brazilian Gramma or the Bicolor Dottyback. 5 cm (2.0 in) Brazilian gramma: Gramma brasiliensis: Yes: Very similar to the royal gramma, however the change from purple to yellow occurs farther down the body and the black markings are absent. 6 cm (2.4 in) Yellow ...
Pictichromis diadema (Lubbock & Randall, 1978) (Diadem dottyback) Pictichromis dinar Randall & Schultz, 2009 (Dottyback) Pictichromis ephippiata (A.C. Gill, Pyle & Earle, 1996) (Saddled dottyback) Pictichromis paccagnellae (Axelrod, 1973) (Royal dottyback) Pictichromis porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974) (Magenta dottyback)
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. Around 152 species belong to this family.
Royal gramma: Gramma loreto: Royal peacock bass: Cichla intermedia: Saddle squirrelfish: Sargocentron poco: Saddled blenny: Malacoctenus triangulatus: Saddled moray eel: Gymnothorax conspersus: Sailfin flyingfish: Parexocoetus brachypterus: Sailfin molly: Poecilia latipinna: Sailor's choice grunt Haemulon parra: Salvin's cichlid: Trichromis ...
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]