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Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets) > Anthiadinae
Etymology: Pseudanthias: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Randall & Lubbock.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 70 m (Ref. 9710), usually 6 - 70 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115); 19°N - 24°S
Indo-Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands, north to Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef; Palau and southern Marshall Islands in Micronesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)
Large aggregations occur on steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs (Ref. 4538, 48635).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 26.2 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 402 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00569 - 0.02786), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 111 [59, 238] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.994 [0.584, 1.681] mg/100g ; Protein = 18 [16, 20] % ; Omega3 = 0.184 [0.105, 0.318] g/100g ; Selenium = 27.1 [13.7, 54.0] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 181 [62, 563] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.59 [1.02, 2.46] mg/100g (wet weight);