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Family Pseudochromidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Pictichromis porphyreus

Kerama, Okinawa, 40 feet

MAGENTA DOTTYBACK

Inhabits crevices on reefs at scuba depths.  Attains 2.5 inches.  Okinawa to Indonesia, Micronesia, & Samoa.  Formerly known as Pseudochromis porphyreus.