Pseudochromidae

Yellow-breasted dottyback

Pseudochromis coccinicauda

Three Point Nine Centimeters Pseudochromid Fish from the Indian Ocean

• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Pseudochromis coccinicauda, the yellow-breasted dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish, in the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, in the seas around the Maldives, the Andaman Islands and Indonesia. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.