Biology:Pictichromis porphyrea

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Short description: Species of fish

Pictichromis porphyrea
Magenta dottyback, Pictichromis porphyrea.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Genus: Pictichromis
Species:
P. porphyrea
Binomial name
Pictichromis porphyrea
(Lubbock & Goldman, 1974)
Synonyms

Pseudochromis porphyreus Lubbock & Goldman, 1974

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]

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2016). "Pictichromis porphyrea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69583400A115465117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69583400A69583514.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69583400/115465117. Retrieved 28 January 2023. {{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Pictichromis porphyreus" in FishBase. June 2018 version.

External links

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