The first time I ever saw and heard of this cool little fish was back in January this year. Back then I had no idea what this little fish was, and so did many other people. After digging around and with the help of a few well endowed ichthyologist, the identity of this spunky fish was revealed.Pseudochromis tapeinosoma. Quite possibly the most intriguing dottyback species I have ever owned.
据我所知，这条鱼在市场上的可用性很少见，直到今年1月才首次出现在我的国家新加坡。它本身是通过菲律宾的运输来到的，被错误地识别为霓虹灯。我偷了它，这并不奇怪。我的意思是，印度太平洋地区的Dottyback有多贵？不过，它被错误标记为霓虹灯dottyback也就不足为奇了。尽管并不完全相同，但相似之处在那里。
The coloration, to be honest, is not justified by these photos. Apart from the intense orange-yellow that it dons, the tapeinosoma dottyback has an intense navy blue-teal stripe that runs down its dorsal area and makes a round about around the tail. The stripe is partly iridescent, as can be seen by the photo at the bottom, but the color is not quite right in these photos. It’s somewhat brighter.
This dottyback, small as it may be, is full of character. It lacks the fear trait that most other fishes possess, and is always curious whenever my hand goes in the water. One of the reason why it is in this cup is well, because it decided to swim into it this morning while I was scooping up a sample of my tank water. I decided to take a quick photo of it and its beauty, character and charm is still the same as when I first got it back in January.
