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Breeder ID: PSEFRI-080896-MOEMAR-001

Date received: 8/8/96

Identification: Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)

Geographic origin: Red Sea

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Taxonomy: (after I.C.Z.N.)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata

Class Osteichthyes Superorder Teleostei

Order Perciformes Suborder Percoidei

Family Pseudochromidae

Genus Pseudochromis

Species fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)

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Duration (yr): .9

Size (mm): 60

Duration (yr): .9

Size (mm): 50

Physical differences: Male is slightly larger with elongated caudal rays. Female has rounder abdomen. No color dimorphism

Adult diet: Shaved frozen shrimp, flake food, wild zooplankton, fed 2 – 3 times per day

Pre-spawning activity: Male used deep (100 mm) “den” in rock. Actively courts female with “leading” behavior.

Time spawning began: Daytime, afternoon

Area spawning occurred: Inside den (hole)

Frequency of spawning: every 6 days

Egg description: Small egg “ball” 20 mm across

Approximate quantity: ~1000

Size: 0.6 mm

Egg changes / development: Not observed

Incubation period: 4 days

Time hatching occurred: 30 – 45 minutes after dusk

Size of hatching larvae:2.5 mm

Yolk sac present?: Yes

Newly hatched appearance: small and transparent. Strongly attracted towards light (phototaxic)

Transfer / removal method: Siphoned into larval rearing tank

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Spawning tank size (liter): 75

Sides of tank covered? Yes, green algae

Lighting & photo period: 2 – 4 o watt fluorescent, 13 hours

Filtration: Central system, mechanical and biological

Additives and dosages: calcium and iodine

Water temperature (F): 78-82 F

Specific gravity: 1.026

pH: 8.0

Nitrate: none detected

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Fry development / changes: Growth slow at first. Metamorphosis 22 – 32 days. 25 mm at 25 days

First food offered: rotifers enriched with Selcon®, 2 – 3 times per day

Second food offered: Wild plankton at day 3

Survival

1st week(%): 50%

2nd week: 20%

3rd week: varies

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Rearing tank size (liter): 25

Sides of tank covered? Black

Lighting & photo period: fluorescent bulb 7 inches from surface. 13 hours

Filtration: none, water change three times during larval period

Additives and dosages: Streptomycin at day 1. 60 mg/gal

Water temperature (F): 78 – 82 F

Specific gravity: 1.026

pH: 8.0

Nitrate: none detected

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Comments: High mortalities first three days. First described by Klausewitz in Senckenb Biol. v. 49 (no. 6);1968:444, Figs. 1-3. From specimens collected at a coral reef south of Eliat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Word origin: The genus Pseudochromis is from the Greek roots pseud, -o meaning false; and chrom, =a, -ato, -o, meaning color. The species fridmani has no Latin or Greek roots and is believed to be a reference to an individual. The genus literally means “false color” and is a reference to the brilliant colors of many of the species of this family.

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