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Pseudoplesiops

Pseudoplesiops rosae

Schultz, 1943

Rose Island Dottyback

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Maldives to Samoa, north to Southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.

Size: 1 inch (2 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits caves on inshore reef and usually found between depths of 10 to 65 feet (3 – 20 m) where it feeds on crustaceans.

General Husbandry: Has a red eye with some orange on the head and the body becoming brown to the tail. Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Perciformes

    Suborder: Percoidei

    Family: Pseudochromidae

    Subfamily: Pseudochrominae

    Genus: Pseudoplesiops

FYI: Shown here for identification only, although the coloration of the species in the photo seems not to be that of an adult, therefore it may be that of a juvenile, yet data on this species is lacking as of mid 2016.

 Pseudoplesiops rosae (Rose Island Dottyback)
Photo © David Cook
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