Pictichromis paccagnellae

Taxobox
name = Royal dottyback

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Pseudochromidae
genus = "Pictichromis"
species = "P. paccagnella"
binomial = "Pictichromis paccagnella"
binomial_authority =

The Royal Dottyback ("Pictichromis paccagnella"), also called the Bicolor Dottyback 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 aquarium, it will grow to be up to three inches long. They will defend their territory against fish several times its size, but gets along with many other common aquariumfish.

It can grow up to 6cm in length.

References

Gill, A. C. 2004 (3 June) Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smithiana Monographs No. 1: 1-213, Pls. 1-12.