Biology:Pictichromis paccagnellae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pictichromis |
| Species: | P. paccagnellae
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| Pictichromis paccagnellae (Axelrod, 1973)
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Pseudochromis paccagnellae Axelrod, 1973 | |
The royal dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnella), also called the bicolor dottyback 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 dottyback will defend its territory against fish several times its size, but gets along with many other common aquarium fish. This is sometimes mistaken for a royal gramma.
The specific name honours the Paccagnella family of Bologna who were wholesalers of aquarium fish and who gave the type to the author, Herbert R. Axelrod.[3]
It can grow up to 6 cm in length.
References
- ↑ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2016). "Pictichromis paccagnellae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69583393A115464927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69583393A69583509.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69583393/115464927.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Pictichromis paccagnellae" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 30 April 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/.
Gill, A. C. 2004 (3 June) Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smithiana Monographs No. 1: 1–213, Pls. 1-12.
External links
- Photos of Pictichromis paccagnellae on Sealife Collection
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pictichromis paccagnellae. |
Wikidata ☰ Q2001498 entry
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