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Updated 3/28/2020

Family Pseudochromidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Pictichromis porphyrea



Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 60 feet


Palau, 20 feet

Kerama, Okinawa, 40 feet

  

MAGENTA DOTTYBACK

Inhabits crevices along dropoffs deeper tha 20 feet.  Attains 2.5 inches.  Okinawa to Indonesia, Micronesia, & Samoa.  Formerly known as Pseudochromis porphyreus.