Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudochrominae
Etymology: Pictichromis: Name from Latin pictus meaning painted or colored, and Greek Chromis, a genus of pomacentrid, used as the stem for other fish genera; alludes to the bright live colorations of the included species (Ref. 81967).

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 37816) usually 0 - 15 m (Ref. 90102); tropical.

Western Pacific: Indonesia (Java and Sulawesi) to Vanuatu; Palau in Micronesia.

Max length: 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 2334).

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 22; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Description: Characterized by magenta color of head and front half of body, yellow posteriorly; variable proportion of magenta and yellow color; anterior lateral line scales 15-21; predorsal scales 15-18; depth of body 27.6-32.0% of SL (Ref. 90102).

Found in shallow coastal to deep outer-reef drop-offs (Ref. 8631). Hovers close to coral or rubble (Ref. 9710). Solitary or in small loosely scattered groups (Ref. 90102).

Kailola, P.J. 1987 The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 6192)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: March 10 2015

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.8 - 29.3, mean 28.6 °C (based on 1787 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00187 - 0.01281), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months ().

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 172 [87, 288] mg/100g; Iron = 0.873 [0.509, 1.490] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [17.2, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.117 [0.064, 0.211] g/100g; Selenium = 28.2 [12.5, 62.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 145 [46, 446] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.13 [1.39, 3.08] mg/100g (wet weight);