Pseudochromis paccagnellae
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| Common Name | |
| Royal Dottyback | |
| Binomial Name | |
| Pseudochromis paccagnellae | |
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| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochromis |
| Species: | paccagnellae |
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Common Names
- Royal Dottyback
- Bicolour Pseudochromis
Characteristics
Description
Easily recognised by its vivid purple or pink head and yellow posterior
Similar Species
Often confused with Gramma loreto, Royal Gramma, and Pictichromis diadema, Diadem Dottyback.
Maximum Size
Max size: 7cm
Associated Organisms
Anything that lives in symbiosis, parasitic or opportunistically with it.
Behaviour
Generally very aggresive and territorial towards fish much larger than itself
Captive Care
Tank Size
100 litres minimum to avoid territorial aggresion
Water Flow
Moderate
Lighting
Moderate
Feeding
Daily feeding of frozen or fresh Brine and Mysis shrimp, prepared meaty foods or commercially available pellets and flakes.
Growth Rate
Depending on age and enviroment
Diseases
Things that adversely effect it, such as bacterial infections, parasites etc.
Other
Not advisable to house more than one in a single tank.
Gallery
Compatibility
Fish
Should not be housed with fish of similar appearance or colouring
Coral
Coral safe
Invertebrate
Eats bristle worms and pods and may kill smaller ornamental shrimp
Reproduction
There has been many succesfull attempts of captive breeding
Local Ecology
Distribution
Western Pacific: Indonesia (Java and Sulawesi) to Vanuatu; Palau in Micronesia.[1]
Habitat
Found in shallow coastal to deep outer-reef drop-offs
Additional Information
Generally a very hardy beginner fish, but take due care selecting tank mates.
Resources
- Fishes Suitable for the Invertebrate Aquarium: The Dwarf Basslets (Pseudochromidae) by J. Charles Delbeek - Atoll
- Pseudochromis paccagnellae - FishBase
References
- ↑ (http://www.fishbase.org): Froese, R., Pauly, D. Fish Base, World Wide Web electronic publication, 2008, Retrieved: 12 March 2011, http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12647.
