Pseudanthias ventralis

Longfin anthias[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Pseudanthias
Species: P. ventralis
Binomial name
Pseudanthias ventralis
(Randall, 1979)

The longfin anthias (Pseudanthias ventralis) is a small, colorful species of fish in the subfamily Anthiinae. It is found at reefs at depths of 26–120 m (85–394 ft) in the Pacific, ranging from the Ogasawara Islands in north to the Great Barrier Reef in south, and east to the Pitcairn Islands.[2]

It reaches 7 cm (2.8 in) in length and is pink and yellow (with blue edging to the fins in the male), but there are distinct geographic variations and some prefer to treat the Hawaiian populations as a separate species, P. hawaiiensis (instead of a subspecies, P. ventralis hawaiiensis).[2][3][4]

It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade, but it is a difficult species to maintain.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Pseudanthias ventralis ventralis" in FishBase. May 2012 version.
  2. 1 2 Randall, J. E. (2005). Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific. ISBN 0-8248-2698-1
  3. Randall, J. E. (2007). Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. ISBN 1-929054-03-3
  4. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Pseudanthias ventralis hawaiiensis" in FishBase. May 2012 version.


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