Pseudochromidae

Oblique-lined dottyback

Cypho purpurascens

Seven Point Five Centimeters Pseudochromid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

• Purple
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Cypho purpurascens. the oblique-lined dottyback or the lavender dottyback is a species of ray finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae which occurs in the western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.