Scientific Name	Pseudochromis tapeinosoma   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1853	Depth	2 - 60M
Chinese	紫青擬雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬雀鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F342　Pseudochromidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紫青擬雀鯛
Max Length	6 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	准雀鯛、紅獅公、紅貓仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Amboina
Synonyms	Pseudochromis melanotaenia, Pseudochromis tapienosoma
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Bleeker, P. 1853 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055122. ASIZP0055172. ASIZP0057471. ASIZP0059022. ASIZP0059024. ASIZP0059094. ASIZP0060445. ASIZP0062053. ASIZP0070426. ASIZP0070428. ASIZP0070431. ASIZP0071128. ASIZP0074752. BPBMI23352. BPBMI23353. BPBMI23383. NMMSTP00239. NTOUP200611-812. NTOUP200611-816. NTOUP200611-840. NTOUP200801-026. NTOUP200801-042. NTOUP200801-073. NTOUP200910-161. NTOUP201006-350. NTOUP201203-065. NTOUP201203-084. NTOUP201203-096. NTUM03640. NTUM03641. NTUM03646. NTUM03649. NTUM03650. NTUM03752. NTUM03753. NTUM03755. NTUM03757. ...List all 63 records...
Common Name	Black-banded dottyback; Blackmargin dottyback; Horseshoe-tailed dottyback
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate. Dorsal fin with III relatively stout spines and 22 rays; anal fin with III stout spines and 12 or 13 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line disjunct, consisting of an anterodorsal series of 22 to 25 tubed scales, and a peduncular series of 6 to 10 tubed scales. Couloe in males bright yellow, dorsal and caydal fins with black stripe along margin; females uniformly purplish brown(dark brown in spirits), upper margin of dorsal fin pale.
habitats	Inhabits inshore reefs; also tide pools and lagoons.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: western coast of Australia (Ref. 7300) to New Caledonia (Ref. 11897), north to Japan
Utility	Aquarium fishes.