Pseudanthias

Pseudanthias is a genus of colourful reef fishes of the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. They are found in the Indo-Pacific. The species belonging to this genus have a diet consisting of zooplankton, and are haremic.[3] Fishes currently included in this genus were earlier part of the genus Anthias. Pseudanthias is the largest anthiine genus[4]

Pseudanthias
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Subfamily:	Anthiinae
Genus:	Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
Type species
Anthias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1857[1]
Synonyms[2]
Entonanthias D.S. Jordan & Tanaka, 1927 Franzia D.S. Jordan, & W.F. Thompson, 1914 Leptanthias Tanaka, 1918 Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 Planctanthias Fowler, 1935 Rosanthias Tanaka, 1917

Species

Pseudanthias bartlettorum

Pseudanthias bimaculatus

Pseudanthias huchtii

Pseudanthias marcia

Pseudanthias squamipinnis

Pseudanthias taeniatus

Pseudanthias tuka

There are currently 63 recognized species in this genus:

• Pseudanthias albofasciatus (Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930)
• Pseudanthias aurulentus (J. E. Randall & McCosker, 1982)
• Pseudanthias bartlettorum (J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981) (Bartletts' anthias)
• Pseudanthias bicolor (J. E. Randall, 1979) (Bicolor anthias)
• Pseudanthias bimaculatus (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Two-spot basslet)
• Pseudanthias bimarginatus J. E. Randall, 2011 (Margined anthias)
• Pseudanthias calloura H. Ida & Sakaue, 2001 (Aurora anthias)
• Pseudanthias caudalis Kamohara & Katayama, 1959
• Pseudanthias charleneae G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Charlene's anthias)
• Pseudanthias cichlops (Bleeker, 1853)
• Pseudanthias connelli (Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986) (Harlequin goldie)
• Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra, 1973)
• Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902) (Red-bar anthias)
• Pseudanthias dispar (Herre, 1955) (Peach fairy basslet)
• Pseudanthias elongatus (V. Franz, 1910)
• Pseudanthias engelhardi (G. R. Allen & Starck, 1982) (Orangebar anthias)
• Pseudanthias evansi (J. L. B. Smith, 1954) (Yellowback anthias)
• Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1955) (One-stripe anthias)
• Pseudanthias flavicauda J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001
• Pseudanthias flavoguttatus (Katayama & H. Masuda, 1980) (Yellow-spotted anthias)
• Pseudanthias fucinus (J. E. Randall & S. Ralston, 1985)
• Pseudanthias georgei (G. R. Allen, 1976) (George's basslet)
• Pseudanthias hawaiiensis (J. E. Randall, 1979) (Hawaiian longfin anthias)
• Pseudanthias heemstrai Schuhmacher, Krupp & J. E. Randall, 1989 (Orangehead anthias)
• Pseudanthias hiva J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001
• Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker, 1857) (Red-cheeked fairy basslet)
• Pseudanthias hutomoi (G. R. Allen & Burhanuddin, 1976) (Hutomo's anthias)
• Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker, 1878 (Stocky anthias)
• Pseudanthias ignitus (J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981) (Flame anthias)
• Pseudanthias leucozonus (Katayama & H. Masuda, 1982)
• Pseudanthias lori (Lubbock & J. E. Randall, 1976) (Lori's anthias)
• Pseudanthias lunulatus (Kotthaus, 1973) (Lunate goldie)
• Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama & H. Masuda, 1983) (Yellowlined anthias)
• Pseudanthias manadensis (Bleeker, 1856)
• Pseudanthias marcia J. E. Randall & J. P. Hoover, 1993 (Marcia's anthias)
• Pseudanthias mica G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Mica's anthias)
• Pseudanthias mooreanus (Herre, 1935)
• Pseudanthias nobilis (V. Franz, 1910)
• Pseudanthias olivaceus (J. E. Randall & McCosker, 1982)
• Pseudanthias oumati J. T. Williams, Delrieu-Trottin & Planes, 2013 (Saffron anthias) [5]
• Pseudanthias parvirostris (J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981) (Sunset anthias)
• Pseudanthias pascalus (D. S. Jordan & S. Tanaka (I), 1927) (Amethyst anthias)
• Pseudanthias pictilis (J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1978) (Painted anthias)
• Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012
• Pseudanthias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1857 (Square-spot fairy basslet)
• Pseudanthias privitera J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001
• Pseudanthias pulcherrimus (Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986) (Resplendent goldie)
• Pseudanthias randalli (Lubbock & G. R. Allen, 1978) (Randall's fairy basslet)
• Pseudanthias regalis (J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981)
• Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (J. E. Randall, 1983) (Red-belted anthias)
• Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979)
• Pseudanthias sheni J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1989 (Shen's basslet)
• Pseudanthias smithvanizi (J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981) (Princess anthias)
• Pseudanthias squamipinnis (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Sea goldie)
• Pseudanthias taeniatus (Klunzinger, 1884)
• Pseudanthias taira E. J. Schmidt, 1931
• Pseudanthias thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) (Hawaiian anthias)
• Pseudanthias townsendi (Boulenger, 1897) (Townsend's anthias)
• Pseudanthias tuka Herre & H. R. Montalban, 1927 (Yellowstriped fairy basslet)
• Pseudanthias unimarginatus J. E. Randall, 2011
• Pseudanthias venator Snyder, 1911
• Pseudanthias ventralis (J. E. Randall, 1979) (longfin anthias)
• Pseudanthias xanthomaculatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979)
• Pseudanthias vizagensis (Muddula Krishna Naranji & Govinda Rao Velamala, 2017)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudanthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Anthiadinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
3. Randall, John E.; Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger C. (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824818951. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
4. Leis, Jeffrey Martin; Carson-Ewart, Brooke M. (2000). The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An Identification Guide to Marine Fish Larvae. BRILL. p. 371. ISBN 9004115773.
5. Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2013): Two new fish species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas. Zootaxa, 3647 (1): 167–180.