Pictichromis
Genus of fishes
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Pictichromis is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They occur in the western and central Pacific Ocean.
| Pictichromis | |
|---|---|
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| Magenta dottyback Pictichromis porphyrea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudochrominae |
| Genus: | Pictichromis A. C. Gill, 2004[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudochromis porphyreus | |
Species
There are eight species in the genus:[3]
- Pictichromis aurifrons (Lubbock, 1980) (Gold-browed dottyback)
- Pictichromis caitlinae Allen, A. C. Gill & Erdmann, 2008 (Cenderawasih dottyback)
- Pictichromis coralensis A. C. Gill, 2004 (Bicoloured dottyback)
- Pictichromis diadema (Lubbock & Randall, 1978) (Diadem dottyback)
- Pictichromis dinar Randall & Schultz, 2009 (Dottyback)
- Pictichromis ephippiata (A. C. Gill, Pyle & Earle, 1996) (Saddled dottyback)
- Pictichromis paccagnellae (Axelrod, 1973) (Royal dottyback)
- Pictichromis porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974) (Magenta dottyback)
