Bandit Dottyback

Description: Characterized by white to slightly yellowish color with dark grey snout, forehead and upper back (common variety), black stripe from snout tip to end of dorsal fin base; (Komodo Island variety) overall yellowish to brown color with similar markings; anterior lateral line scales 28-35; predorsal scales 21-27; depth of body 29.6-35.2 % of SL (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 13 - 14

Occurs on silty coastal habitat with remote coral heads to soft bottom at shallow depths to about 25 m (Ref. 48635). Also found on coral or rocky patches. Solitary (Ref 90102).

Pseudochromis perspicillatus, the Southeast Asian blackstripe dottyback, or bandit dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Western Pacific Ocean, which is a member of the family Pseudochromidae. This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).