Ogilbyina novaehollandiae

Ogilbyina novaehollandiae, the multicolour dottyback, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks from the Western Central Pacific where it is confined to the Great Barrier Reef.[1] This fish occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.

Ogilbyina novaehollandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Genus: Ogilbyina
Species:
O. novaehollandiae
Binomial name
Ogilbyina novaehollandiae
(Steindachner, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Pseudochromis novaehollandiae Steindachner, 1879
  • Dampiera longipinnis Ogilby, 1908
  • Labracinus longipinnis (Ogilby, 1908)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Ogilbyina novaehollandiae" in FishBase. December 2008 version.


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