Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32 - 37; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 21. Color variable depending on sex; male mainly red anteriorly and purplish posteriorly; dorsal, anal and caudal fins bluish except dorsal reddish on anterior part; female with a grayish head, largely yellow-orange on side, with 5-6 brown bars on upper half of anterior part of body; fins largely reddish (Ref. 2334).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Pseudochromidae

Genus: Ogilbyina

Species: Ogilbyina queenslandiae (Saville-Kent, 1893)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Usually found in or near holes of coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Minimum depth from https://www.reeflifesurvey.com/species/ogilbyina-queenslandiae/.

Habitat

associated