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Dottyback

Animals DotterelDouble-crested Cormorant

The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. Around 100 species belong to this family.
Subfamilies
Anisochrominae
Congrogadinae
Pseudochrominae
Pseudoplesiopinae ...

 


Cypho purpurascens, Oblique-lined Dottyback
Dactyloptena orientalis, Purple Flying Gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans, Flying Gurnard
Dasyatis brevicaudata, Smooth Stingray
Dasyatis sabina, Atlantic Stingray
Dendrochirus biocellatus, Twospot Turkeyfish ...

bicolor dottyback (Pictichromis diadema)
bicolor pseudochromis (Pictichromis diadema)
bicolor rabbitfish (Siganus uspi)
black and gold chromis (Neoglyphidodon nigroris)
black and white damsel (Dascyllus marginatus) ...

Includes snooks, Asian seaperches, temperate basses, lanternbellies, wreckfishes, cavebasses, sea basses, groupers, soapfishes, dottybacks, basslets, roundheads, jawfishes, grunters, flagtails, sunfishes, freshwater basses, perches, darters, bigeyes, ...

A Two-tone Dottyback at 'Pixie's Pinnacle'
A typical jar in the fish collection
A Unicorn Leatherjacket at Fly Point Marine Reserve
A Unicorn Leatherjacket at Fly Point Marine Reserve, Port Stephens
A Vagabond Butterflyfish at Steve's Bommie ...

See also: Snapper, Angelfish, Parrot, Grouper, Parrotfish