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Arabian Bluelined Dottyback
 
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Arabian Bluelined Dottyback


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FAMILY - Cyprinodontiformes

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Pseudochromis Aldabraensis

COMMON NAME - Arabian Bluelined Dottyback

SIZE - 3.3" (8.5 cm)

RANGE - Arabian Gulf to Sri Lanka

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 20 US Gal (76 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied Marie live or frozen fare for carnivores, chopped fish, squid, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, feed daily

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 10

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat small tubeworms and ornamental shrimps

CAPTIVE CARE - Keep in a moderately aggressive community tank, May be a threat to many cohabitants, May damage tankmates of smaller or equal size, Best kept with larger and more aggressive species (Large angelfishes, surgeonfishes, large damselfishes, hawkfishes, Will feed heavily on fireworms (including ones too large to swallow whole), Keep only one per tank.

** Infomation extracted from livingreefs.com

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This is the wrong family name. It should be Pseudochromidae. Also, as a matter of convention the specific name (aldabraensis) should be with a lower case "a".

Tony

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