Longtail Dottyback (species: Oxycercichthys veliferus) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Oxycercichthys veliferus
Longtail Dottyback


©Anne Hoggett: Oxycercichthys veliferus male about 10 cm long at Pidgin Point, Lizard Island (16 Jan 2016)

©Anne Hoggett: Oxycercichthys veliferus at Pidgin Point,Lizard Island (16 Jan 2016), blue patch at front of dorsal fin shows it's a male.

©Graham Edgar: Oxycercichthys veliferus at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pseudochromidae
Genus Oxycercichthys
Species Oxycercichthys veliferus

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                                  

Distinguishing features

A elongate sinuous body and distinctive pointed tail. Males are pinkish grey with blue grey upper head, yellowish tail and anal fins and a distinct blue patch at front of dorsal fin. Females have a yellowish head and blueish tail and anal fins.

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (Length according to Allen et al (2003))

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

  • Lubbock, R. (1980). Five new basslets of the genus Pseudochromis (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) from the Indo-Australian archipelago, Revue suisse Zool., 87(3): 821-834. LIRS catalog number 147.