anthias id please

[pasenah]

anyone know which this is



thanks
ben

[pasenah]

heres a better pic

[sohalfr]

Very nice fish!

It is a male Resplendent Anthias, Pseudanthias pulcherrimus

Not easy to keep in a tank. Needs plenty of caves, hiding places..

[pasenah]

thanks, ive also been told its a randalls anthias. ill check out your id.

cheers
ben

[pasenah]

yeh it does look very similar to that one too. thanks again

[maxxII]

That was my thought as well. Its a little pale in your picture, but a friend of mine has one she has kept for over a year now. Its swims freely and openly in the tank.

Nick

[pasenah]

it has only just been put in the tank so i guess that would make it look pale. thanks nick, hopefully mine will be fine. i dont have anything aggressive so thats a bonus. i have 3 altogether.

cheers
ben

[screamincamaro]

Actually they look just like my Pseudanthias Flavicauda. Very hardy anthias with big appetites.

[screamincamaro]

Click here for a pic of the male & females

[SDguy]

AFAIK, flavicauda don't get those pelvic fin colors, male or female. Randall's anthias are much more red. I'm going to go with Pseudanthias pulcherrimus.

[screamincamaro]

I just noticed the coloring at the edge of the fins. Mine do have a slight purple trim but not like the ones pictured further above. I"m with you similar but not the Flavicauda.

[CarlC]

It is a changing female randall. Notice the red stripe running the length of the body.

Carl

[SDguy]

I was under the impression Pseudanthias pulcherrimus males had a slight stripe running through their body. A LFS got some in a while ago. The stripe was quite distinct, yet they didn't look at all like the male randall's I had a while ago...

[CarlC]

I forgot about the pulcher males having a slight stripe.

Is there anyway you could find out where it was collected? That is the truest way of telling the Randalli complex apart.

Carl

[pasenah]

thanks guys, ill see if i can get their location.

cheers
ben