Oxycercichthys

Sailfin dottyback

Sailfin dottyback

Species of fish

The sailfin dottyback (Oxycercichthys veliferus), also known as the longtail dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks from the Western Central Pacific where it is found on the Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs in the Coral Sea,[3] where it is occurs inshore near rock and coral formations where there are sandy bottoms. This fish occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) in length.[4] It is pale greyish to yellowish in colour and has bluish upperparts, a bluish dorsal fin which fades to yellow posteriorly and it has a dark blue spot at the anterior end of the dorsal fin.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Oxycercichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudochromis veliferus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    Bray, D.J. (2018). "Oxycercichthys veliferus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 21 Oct 2018.
  4. [4]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Ogilbyina novaehollandiae" in FishBase. December 2008 version.


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