Pseudochromis fridmani, Orchid dottyback : aquarium

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Pseudochromis fridmani Klausewitz, 1968

Orchid dottyback
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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pseudochromis: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 60 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 60 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 0°C -

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Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Red Sea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8883)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Usually on vertical rock faces or beneath overhangs, taking refuge in small holes. Generally common (Ref. 9710). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35411).

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Benthic spawner.

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Randall, J.E., 1986. Red Sea reef fishes. London, Immel Publishing. 192 p. (Ref. 8883)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 124695)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.7 - 29.3, mean 26.7 °C (based on 168 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00190 - 0.01264), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resilience
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 201 [109, 435] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.908 [0.537, 1.576] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.7 [17.6, 19.8] % ; Omega3 = 0.133 [0.073, 0.241] g/100g ; Selenium = 26.6 [12.7, 54.0] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 138 [47, 390] μg/100g ; Zinc = 2.09 [1.37, 3.18] mg/100g (wet weight);