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.假果索科特拉（Socotra）ensis和P. chrysospilos是加入Dottyback家族的两种最新的礁鱼，不是像今年其他许多人一样来自印度尼西亚，而是来自Socotra Archipelago。
The type locality for假果索科特拉（Socotra）ensis和P. chrysospilos位于红海进入印度洋的入口附近，因此不足为奇P. socotraensisbares a similar appearance to the inimitable Springer’s dottyback from the Red Sea, man that fish is hot.
Unfortunately, the only picture of the Socotra dottyback is of the holotype right before getting his caudal peduncle preserved so it’s not in the best of shape. At least the picture ofP. socotraensisdoes show a slight redness to the body scales, en elongated blue neon line riding the dorsal part of the body and bright blue region below the base of the pectoral fins.
The two new species of假果和new records of Pseudochromine and pseudoplesiopine dottybacks from the Socotra Archipelago are described by Anthony Gill and Uwe Zajonz in the latest issue of Zootaxa.
