Pictichromis porphyrea
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.[1]
| Pictichromis porphyrea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pictichromis |
| Species: | P. porphyrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pictichromis porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudochromis porphyreus Lubbock & Goldman, 1974 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Pictichromis porphyreus" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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