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BPBM 39787Ichthyology
Pictichromis porphyrea
Purple Dottyback
As recorded: Pictichromis porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Pseudochromidae
- Collected by
- J.L. Earle and David F. PenceJohn L. Earle →David F. Pence →
- Date
- January 29, 2002
- Locality
- Viti Levu Island; outside of Suva Harbor; "Fish Patch"
- Island
- Viti Levu
- Region
- Fiji
- Coordinates
- -18.1598, 178.3990
- Depth
- 53 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On January 29, 2002, J.L. Earle and David F. Pence also collected 11 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Pictichromis porphyrea. BPBM 39787. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090220532. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/39787.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090220532 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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