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Pyle's dottyback (Pseudochromis pylei)
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Pyle's dottyback (Pseudochromis pylei) specimen
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Pseudochromidae

Pyle's dottyback

Pseudochromis pylei

Yellow hind body and tail

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

Pyle's dottyback is a marine fish from Western Central Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 8 cm.

Maximum length
8 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Palau, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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