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Manonichthys
Manonichthys is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Many of the species of Manonichthys live within the bodies of large sponges, the genus name references the Greek word for a kind of sponge, manon, in combination with the Greek word for "fish", ichthys.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Splendid Dottyback
speciesManonichthys splendens

Longfin dottyback
speciesManonichthys polynemus

Sabah dottyback
speciesManonichthys alleni

Midnight Dottyback
speciesManonichthys paranox

Manonichthys scintilla
speciesManonichthys scintilla
Manonichthys winterbottomi
speciesManonichthys winterbottomi
Manonichthys jamali
speciesManonichthys jamali
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89740.