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J. Frische ("DAS AQUARUM, November 2004") wirtes: Males are daker than femals and smaller as well.
Should be kept like other Pseudochromis. By far not as agressiv as P. aldabraensis.
Manonichthys alleni inhabits caves and under ledges of coastal fringing reefs.
The Sabah dottyback has been observed to inhabit the tubular sponge Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aerizusa Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Pseudochromidae (Family) > Pseudochrominae (Subfamily) > Manonichthys (Genus) > Manonichthys alleni (Species)