''Pseudochromis caudalis'', the stripe-tailed dottyback, is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

in the

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Pseudochromidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka and southern India to the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz.

Description

''Pseudochromis caudalis'' reaches a

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of .

References

caudalis Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1898 {{Pseudochromidae-stub