Anthias ID...

SilverShark · #1 08/20/2006, 02:12 PM

Can someone tell me is this a photo of a female lyretail anthias?
She is more orange in real life:

SilverShark · #2 08/20/2006, 03:40 PM

bump

SDguy · #3 08/20/2006, 03:48 PM

Female squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...e=pleurotaenia

Paintbug · #4 08/20/2006, 03:51 PM

i believe thats a Female Pseudanthias squamipinnis
http://www.oceanlight.com/spotlight.php?img=12871

Amphiprion · #5 08/20/2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by SDguy
Female squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...e=pleurotaenia

I agree. Note the orientation of the stripes.

SilverShark · #6 08/20/2006, 05:28 PM

anyone else? both of them fish look exactly like the one I have pictured above

Amphiprion · #7 08/20/2006, 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by SilverShark
anyone else? both of them fish look exactly like the one I have pictured above

You'll have to look very, very carefully. The P. squamipinnis females rarely have 2 discernible stripes and they really never make it through the rest of the body. P. pleurotaenia females have 2 easily discernible stripes and they continue through the rest of the body. IMHO, I think the one picture from oceanlight is misidentified.

Paintbug · #8 08/20/2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by Amphiprion
IMHO, I think the one picture from oceanlight is misidentified.

i think your right.

i looked up the P. squamipinnis in one of my books, and the pic i posted isnt what the one in the book is. not only do the stripes not go through the body, both the male and female have a long dorsal spine.

SilverShark · #9 08/21/2006, 12:44 PM

Ok thanks everyone. Was sold the fish as a lyretail but this squarespot that I have is a beauty.

Do Squarespot anthias mix well with other anthias such as lyretails?