Gobies, blennies, and small marine fish
Royal Dottyback
Pictichromis paccagnellae
Photo: Jenny (JennyHuang) from Taipei · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size7 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Origin
- Western Pacific (Indonesia), (Papua)
- Size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- low – medium
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (territorial toward small fish)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Purple front half and yellow rear half, like the royal basslet, but more aggressive. Best kept as the last fish added to the aquarium. Reef Safe: ✅ Yes
