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PFG is more precise, flexible and compatible than IFG to deal the real-life scenarios which consists of information these types: yes, abstain, no and refusal. The main focus of our study is to present the concept of isomorphic PFG, regular PFG (RPFG) and picture fuzzy multigraph. In this paper, we present the notation of RPFG. Many different types of RPFGs such as regular strong PFG, regular complete PFG, complete bipartite PFG and regular complement PFG are introduced. We also describe the concepts of\n                    <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>td<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    -degree of a vertex in a RPFG. 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