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Pseudochromidae
Dottybacks
| Dottybacks are small, often colorful fishes with short pelvic
fins. They tend to be shy with a few exceptions. Replaced by
Basslets of the Family Grammatidae in the
Western Atlantic. |
INDO-PACIFIC
Pictichromis porphyreus
Kerama, Okinawa, 40 feet |
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MAGENTA DOTTYBACK
| Inhabits crevices on reefs at scuba depths. Attains 2.5
inches. Okinawa to Indonesia, Micronesia, & Samoa. |
Pictichromis paccagnellae
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 40 feet |
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 40 feet |
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ROYAL DOTTYBACK
| Inhabits crevices on reefs at scuba depths. Attains 3.5
inches. Indonesia to Palau & Vanuatu. Replaced by P.
coralensis in the south from the GBR to New Caledonia. |
Pseudochromis splendens
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 40 feet |
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SPLENDID DOTTYBACK
| Inhabits coral-rich dropoffs to 130 feet. Attains 5.5
inches. Indonesia, Philippines, & NW Australia. |
Pseudochromis fuscus
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 4 feet |
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BROWN DOTTYBACK
| Inhabits crevices on reefs at scuba depths. Attains 4
inches. Sri Lanka to Okinawa, GBR, and the Caroline Islands. |
Family Plesiopidae
Longfins
| Longfins are a small family of cryptic fishes with long pelvic
fins. Most are nocturnal and rarely seen by divers. |
INDO-PACIFIC
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Night, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 20 feet |
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REDTIPPED LONGFIN
| A cryptic fish from rubble & crevices in shallow water.
Attains 3 inches. Red Sea to Samoa. |
Family Grammatidae
Grammas
| Very similar to the Dottybacks & Longfins, this family is
restricted to the Atlantic. |
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Gramma loreto
Grand Bahama Island, 40 feet |
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FAIRY BASSLET or ROYAL GRAMMA
| Inhabits crevices on reefs at scuba depths. Cleans parasites
from fishes. Attains 3.5 inches. Southern Gulf of Mexico,
Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas to Venezuela. |
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