Bluespotted Dottyback
Assiculus punctatus
The Bluespotted Dottyback (Assiculus punctatus) is a tropical marine fish of the family Pseudochromidae. It lives on and around reefs. It grows to 8 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 8 cmtotal length
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
- Aquarium trade
- Rarely traded
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyPseudochromidae
- GenusAssiculus
- SpeciesAssiculus punctatus
Quick answers
- Bluespotted Dottyback size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 8 cm (total length).
- Bluespotted Dottyback: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Orchid dottybackPseudochromis fridmani
Neon dottybackPseudochromis aldabraensis
Oblique-lined DottybackCypho purpurascens
Royal DottybackPictichromis paccagnellae
Yellowhead DottybackPseudochromis cyanotaenia
Dusky dottybackPseudochromis fuscus
Longtail DottybackOxycercichthys veliferus
Splendid DottybackManonichthys splendens
Queensland DottybackOgilbyina queenslandiae
Firetail DottybackLabracinus cyclophthalmus
Sources
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