Scientific Name	Pictichromis porphyrea			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lubbock & Goldman, 1974)	Depth	6 - 65M
Chinese	紫繡雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬雀鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F342　Pseudochromidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紫繡雀鯛
Max Length	6 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	草莓、准雀鯛、紅獅公、紅貓仔
Distribution in World	Middle West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ryukyu Is.
Synonyms	Pseudochromis porphyreus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Lubbock, R. etc. 1974 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List
Common Name	Strawberry dottyback; Magenta dottyback
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep; distance from dorsal-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin 27 to 32% standard length. Dorsal fin with III spines and 22 rays; anal fin with III spines and 12 rays; caudal fin truncate to emarginate. Lateral line disjunct, consisting of an anterodorsal series of 21 to 25 tubed scales, and a peduncular series of 0 to 10 tubed scales. Head and body reddish purple to magenta; basal parts of dorsal and anal fins pink to magenta, the outer parts clear; basal and central part of caudal fin magenta, the remainder of fin clear, giving rounded appearance to fin.
habitats	Hovers above coral or rubble and inhabits steep outer reef slopes and outer channel walls.
Distribution	Distributed in the Western Pacific from Philippines to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Moluccas and Admiralty Islands; Palau, Caroline Islands, and southern Marshalls in Micronesia. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters and Lyudao, southeaster
Utility	Popular aquarium fishes.