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Pictichromis
Sign in to savePictichromis is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They occur in the western and central Pacific Ocean.
Species
Purple Dottyback
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPseudochromidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Collections
- BPBM, WAM, AM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Philippines, American Samoa, Fiji
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Pictichromis is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They occur in the western and central Pacific Ocean.
==Species== There are eight species in the genus: Pictichromis aurifrons (Lubbock, 1980) (Gold-browed dottyback) Pictichromis caitlinae Allen, A.C. Gill & Erdmann, 2008 (Cenderawasih dottyback) Pictichromis coralensis A.C. Gill, 2004 (Bicoloured dottyback) 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)
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