Common Name: Lyretail Dottyback
Species Name: Pseudochromis steenei Gill & Randall, 1992
Range: West Pacific Ocean: Indonesia and northern Australia
Size: up to 2 inches (5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit coastal patch reefs on soft bottom slopes
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 75 - 79°F (24 - 26°C). Not normally found in the aquarium trade - shown here for identification purpose should it become available. Care should be similar to other family members, however, is known to be extremely aggressive.
Aquarium Suitability: *
Anemonefishes - Angelfishes - Anthias - Assessors - Bannerfish - Basslets (Dottybacks and Grammas) - Batfishes - Blennies - Boxfishes - Butterflyfishes - Cardinalfishes - Catfishes - Convict Blenny - Cuttlefish - Damselfishes - Dartfishes - Drums - Dragonets - Eels - Filefishes - Flashlight fishes - Flatheads - Frogfishes - Goatfishes - Gobies - Groupers - Hamlets - Hawkfishes - Helmut Gurnards - Jacks - Jawfishes - Lion fishes - Livebearing Brotula - Lizardfishes - Mollies - Moorish Idol - Parrotfishes - Pinecone fishes - Pipefishes - Porcupine fishes - Pufferfishes - Rabbitfishes - Rays - Sand Perches - Scats - Scorpionfishes - Seabasses - Seahorses - Sea Moths - Sharks - Shrimpfishes - Snappers - Soldierfishes - Spinecheeks - Squirrelfishes - Surgeonfishes (Tangs) - Sweetlips - Tilefishes - Triggerfishes - Trumpetfishes - Wrasses
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.