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Pictichromis porphyrea, the magenta dottyback, is a fish in the dottyback family from the western Pacific. It can be found from the Philippines to Samoa, extending north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Moluccas and Admiralty Islands. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 cm (2.4 in) in length. [2]
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.
Flashback Dottyback. Flashback dottyback in aquarium. Stunning, but highly territorial. If you want a gentler version of the psychedelic colors, then the more docile royal gramma would be a better ...
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.
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.
The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. Around 150 species belong to this family. Subcategories. This category has the ...
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.