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Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Pseudanthias: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335); fucinus: From the Latin for colored with orchil (a violet dye) (Ref. 10649).
More on authors: Randall & Ralston.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 122 - 280 m (Ref. 7460). Subtropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Johnston and Hawaiian Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 26. Males with alternating stripes of violet and yellow on head; body yellow suffused with orange-red on side below posterior part of dorsal fin, with irregular continuations of the violet stripes onto body, mainly broken into spots; females similar in color to males but dominantly yellow (the violet markings faint and the orange-red on the body largely absent) (Ref.10649).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found on steep rocky slopes (Ref. 10649). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E. and R.L. Pyle, 2001. Four new serranid fishes of the anthiine genus Pseudanthias from the South Pacific. Raffles Bull. Zool. 49(1):19-34. (Ref. 48242)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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