Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Black Margin Dottyback, Bluebarred Dottyback, Horseshoe-tailed Dottyback

Pseudochromis tapeinosoma is commonly referred to as Black Margin Dottyback, Bluebarred Dottyback, Horseshoe-tailed Dottyback. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pseudochromis Tapeinosoma, Taiwan 2023

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Scientific:: Pseudochromis tapeinosoma
German:: Schwarzsaum-Zwergbarsch
English:: Black Margin Dottyback, Bluebarred Dottyback, Horseshoe-tailed Dottyback

Category:: Dværg barser

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pseudochromidae (Family) > Pseudochromis (Genus) > tapeinosoma (Species)
Initial determination:: Bleeker, 1853

Occurrence:: Australia, Christmas Islands, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Laccadive Sea, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rapa, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 2 - 60 Meter
Size:: 7,4 cm
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-03-08 10:41:24
Last edit:: 2022-07-15 14:18:28

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Pseudochromis tapeinosoma are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Pseudochromis tapeinosoma, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Pseudochromis tapeinosoma, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1853

Inhabits inshore reefs; also tide pools and lagoons (Ref. 1602). Solitary or in pairs in crevices.

Synonymised names:
Pseudochromis melanotaenia Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Pseudochromis tapienosoma Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (misspelling)

External links

fishbase.de (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.

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