''Pictichromis'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

es from the

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Pseudochrominae Pseudochrominae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies that make up the family Pseudochromidae, the species within the subfamily are commonly called dottybacks. They are small reef-associated marine fish which have an Indo-P ...

, which is one of four subfamilies in the

dottyback The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes which were formerly classified in the order Perciformes or considered ''incertae sedis'' percomorphs, but are now considered basal blenniiforms. Around 152 species belong to this family. ...

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Pseudochromidae. They occur in the western and central Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are eight species in the genus: * '' Pictichromis aurifrons'' (

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, 1980) (Gold-browed dottyback) * '' Pictichromis caitlinae''

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, A.C. Gill &

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, 2008 (Cenderawasih dottyback) * '' Pictichromis coralensis'' A.C. Gill, 2004 (Bicoloured dottyback) * '' Pictichromis diadema'' (

& Randall, 1978) (Diadem dottyback) * '' Pictichromis dinar'' Randall &

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, 2009 (Dottyback) * '' Pictichromis ephippiata'' ( A.C. Gill,

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& Earle, 1996) (Saddled dottyback) * ''

Pictichromis paccagnellae The royal dottyback (''Pictichromis paccagnellorum''), also called the bicolor dottyback, gramma dotty 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 aquari ...

'' ( Axelrod, 1973) (Royal dottyback) * '' Pictichromis porphyrea'' (

& Goldman, 1974) (Magenta dottyback)

References

Pseudochrominae {{Pseudochromidae-stub