Help me identify this fish

[Aktric1]

I came a cross this fish at my LFS and no one has identified it and I wanted to enlist the help of you all. It has a mouth full of sharp teeth fades from light pink to yellow and has light blush colored dots.

Thanks

Thanks

 

[mort]

It's a dottyback and one of the more aggressive ones. It looks like a Pseudochromis moorei.

https://www.frankbaensch.com/photography/photo-galleries/fish-photos/dottybacks/#!jig[1]/ML/15259

 

[blueface]

Pure evil is what it is. Definitely a dottyback.

 

[Aktric1]

Pure evil is what it is. Definitely a dottyback.

It was in with a few other fish and didn’t seem to be bothersome to others. Have you had experience with them ?

 

[mort]

I've had lots of experience with a couple of dozen dottyback species, bred a few, and the reputation of some species is definitely true. Some species are massively aggressive and will dominate or kill fish much larger than themselves but there are also species that are good, less problematic tankmates, the one above isn't a species I have kept but know the reputation that they aren't something you'd want in the average tank.