We tried, oh how we tried, but on this one, Dustin Dorton’s lips are sealed. The “Electric Indigo Dottyback” is clearly something different and unique, and is the latest in a string of debuts from ORA in early 2014. So…
ORA’s black neon dottyback is so beautiful in the flesh
The Black Neon Dottyback may be ORA’s most exciting hybrid to date, especially in the intentional department. With a long history of remixing certain fish species and strains, the multitude of clownfish strains they’ve come up with, including accidental clownfish crosses. The hybrid…
ORA releases new captive-bred Black Neon Dottyback
ORA has another first under its belt with the release of the new ORA Black Neon Dottyback at MACNA in Fort Lauderdale, FL, this week. After successfully producing the neon dottyback (P. aldabraensis) and Springeri dottyback (P. springeri) for more…
ORA Announces Limited Availability of Captive-Bred Blackmargin Dottybacks
ORA’s newest release – the Blackmargin or Horseshoe-Tailed Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma – The fish shown here is a male (females/juveniles are gray with a yellow tail). Image courtesy ORA Time to call in a favor from your LFS and hope…
Jimmy Ma’s private collection of dottybacks consists of some really cool species
Having the un-reversable aberrant Coral Beauty Angelfish and the trio of super hot White-Bar Anthias in his collection, Jimmy Ma is certainly no stranger to rare fish. If you think his aberrant C. bispinosa is something to shout about, what…
The purple tailed Pseudochromis luteus is just one of many unknown dottybacks out there
There are many many dottyback species out there but only a very small fraction of them show up in the trade. An even smaller fraction that do not show up in the trade are virtually unknown with hardly any information…
Pseudochromis ammeri and P. eichleri add to the dizzying array of dottyback species
Pseudochromis ammeri and Pseudochromis eichleri are two new species of dottybacks which have just been described from the Philippines and Indonesia. Both Pseudochromis ammeri and P. eichleri are described as species of striped dottybacks, similar to each other in appearance as well…
Manonichthys scintilla is a beautiful new dottyback from Apo Reef, Philippines
Although the calendar year may be nearly over we’ve still got some new species of fish being described and written about from the other side of the world. We’ve been graced by many new dottyback species, most of them Pseudochromis…
Pseudochromis fuligifinis just described from the Philippines
Pseudochromis fuligifinis is a cute new species of dottyback described from Mindoro Province and Apo Reef of the Philippines by Anthony Gill and Jeffrey Williams. The new Pseudochromis fuligifinis looks very similar to the elongate dottyback, Pseudochromis elongatus, but the half-moon shaped dark…
Pseudochromis socotraensis and P. chrysospilos are two new species of dottybacks from Socotra Archipelago
We’ve seen a good number of new dottyback species described and imported this year so it’s with great pleasure that we learned that two more new species were recently described from the Indian Ocean. Pseudochromis socotraensis and P. chrysospilos are the…
