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Twospot Anthias

Pseudanthias bimaculatus

Also known as: Anthias, Basslet, Bimac Anthias, Bimaculatus Anthias, Purple Goldie, Sea Perch, Twinspot Anthias, Twospot Basslet, Two-spotted Basslet

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@simon7718 · Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates · February 20131 / 2
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Overview

Found in schools, over dead reefs, in turbid waters of deep coastal drop-offs. They can vary in colours, also because they are believed to spawn at the same time as Pseudanthias pleurotaenia this may cause accidental hybrids!

Anthias are often found in large schools, often in their hundreds or thousands, feeding high above the reef on zooplankton.
They start their life off as females, and when there is an opening for a male, will change to head up their harem of females.
Males are much more colourful, and often have filamentous streamers which they use for their mating dance, and to deter other males.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found in schools, over dead reefs, in turbid waters of deep coastal drop-offs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyAnthiadidae
    6. genusPseudanthias
    7. speciesPseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith, 1955)

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    More in the family

    Fairy Basslets-Streamer Basses (Anthiadidae)