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Pictichromis porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974)

Magenta dottyback
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Japan country information

Common names: Kurenai-nise-suzume
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Ishigaki Shima (Ref. 48635).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pictichromis: Name from Latin pictus meaning painted or colored, and Greek Chromis, a genus of pomacentrid, used as the stem for other fish genera; alludes to the bright live colorations of the included species (Ref. 81967).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 65 m (Ref. 9710), usually 0 - 15 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 30°N - 15°S

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Western Pacific: Philippines to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Moluccas and Admiralty Islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 21 - 22; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 12. Easily identified by the bright purple color that looks bright blue in sunlit underwater conditions (Ref. 48635).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Hovers above coral or rubble and inhabits steep outer reef slopes and outer channel walls. Solitary or in small, loosely scattered groups at base of steep dropoffs (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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