Splendid Dottyback, Manonichthys splendens

Scientific name: Manonichthys splendens
  • Updated
    17/06/22
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Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Manonichthys
    Species
    splendens

A Splendid Dottyback at a depth of 12 m, 6 km south-east of Sawa Island, Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia, 5 September 2012. 

Notes

In many publications the species is called Pseudochromis splendens.

Thank you to dottyback expert, Dr Tony Gill, for confirming the identification of the fish.