Pseudochromidae

Royal dottyback

Pictichromis paccagnellae

Purple front and yellow back

• Marine fish
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small

The royal dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellorum), also called the bicolor dottyback, gramma dotty or false gramma is a fish commonly kept in marine aquariums. The front of the fish is bright purple and the posterior is yellow. In an aquarium, it will grow up to three inches long.