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> Dottybacks, Grammas, & Longfins
Updated 3/28/2020
Family
Pseudochromidae
Dottybacks
Dottybacks are small, often colorful fishes with short pelvic
fins. They tend to be shy with a few exceptions. Replaced by
Family Grammatidae in the
Western Atlantic. |
INDO-PACIFIC
Pictichromis porphyreus
MAGENTA DOTTYBACK
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Pictichromis paccagnellae
ROYAL DOTTYBACK
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Manonichthys splendens
SPLENDID DOTTYBACK
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Pseudochromis
fuscus
BROWN DOTTYBACK |
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Family Plesiopidae
Longfins
Longfins are cryptic fishes with long pelvic
fins. Most are nocturnal and rarely seen by divers. |
INDO-PACIFIC
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
REDTIPPED LONGFIN
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Calloplesiops
altivelis
COMET |
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Family Grammatidae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Gramma loreto
FAIRY BASSLET or ROYAL GRAMMA
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