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Dutoiti

Pseudochromis dutoiti Smith, 1955

Status not recordedbony fish

The dutoiti (Pseudochromis dutoiti) is a species in the family Pseudochromidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the dutoiti

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dutoiti live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dutoiti as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dutoiti endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dutoiti classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPseudochromidae
  6. genusPseudochromis
  7. SpeciesPseudochromis dutoiti Smith, 1955
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • African blue-lined dottybackEnglish
  • Dutoiti dottybackEnglish
  • sapínovec DutoitůvCzech
  • Pseudodonzela-dutoitiPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dutoiti

Other species in the same genus Pseudochromis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the dutoiti an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dutoiti as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dutoiti?

The dutoiti (Pseudochromis dutoiti) belongs to the family Pseudochromidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dutoiti (Pseudochromis dutoiti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dutoiti

MLA

“Dutoiti (Pseudochromis dutoiti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dutoiti.

BibTeX
@misc{dutoiti_2026,
  title = {Dutoiti (Pseudochromis dutoiti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dutoiti},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}