Pseudanthias

Pseudanthias
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
Type species
Anthias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1857 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Entonanthias D.S. Jordan & Tanaka, 1927 FranziaD.S. Jordan, & W.F. Thompson, 1914 LeptanthiasTanaka, 1918 PlanctanthiasFowler, 1935 RosanthiasTanaka, 1917

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]

Species

The following 49 species are recognized in the genus Pseudanthias: ^[5]

• Pseudanthias bimaculatus (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Two-spot basslet)
• Pseudanthias calloura H. Ida & Sakaue, 2001 (Aurora anthias)
• Pseudanthias caudalis Kamohara & Katayama, 1959
• Pseudanthias charleneae G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Charlene's anthias)
• Pseudanthias cheirospilos (Bleeker 1857)
• 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 elongatus (V. Franz, 1910)
• Pseudanthias emma Gill & Psomadakis 2018
• Pseudanthias engelhardi (G. R. Allen & Starck, 1982) (Orangebar anthias)
• Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1955) (One-stripe anthias)
• Pseudanthias flavicauda J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001
• Pseudanthias fucinus (J. E. Randall & S. Ralston, 1985)
• Pseudanthias georgei (G. R. Allen, 1976) (George's basslet)
• Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger 1884)
• Pseudanthias hangapiko Shepherd, Pinheiro, Tyler A. Y. Phelps, Alejandro Pérez-Matus, L. A. Rocha- 2021 ^[6] (Hanga Piko 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 leucozonus (Katayama & H. Masuda, 1982)
• 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) ^[7]
• Pseudanthias paralourgus Gill, Pogonoski, Johnson & Tea 2021
• 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 pulcherrimus (Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986) (Resplendent goldie)
• Pseudanthias randalli (Lubbock & G. R. Allen, 1978) (Randall's fairy basslet)
• 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 squamipinnis (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Sea goldie)
• Pseudanthias taeniatus (Klunzinger, 1884)
• Pseudanthias taira E. J. Schmidt, 1931
• Pseudanthias tequila Gill, Tea & Senou 2017
• Pseudanthias thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) (Hawaiian anthias)
• Pseudanthias townsendi (Boulenger, 1897) (Townsend's anthias)
• Pseudanthias venator Snyder, 1911

• 
  Pseudanthias bimaculatus
• 
  Pseudanthias huchtii
• 
  Pseudanthias marcia
• 
  Pseudanthias squamipinnis
• 
  Pseudanthias taeniatus

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. "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
6. Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TAY, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA (2021) Pseudanthias hangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). ZooKeys 1054: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.64508
7. 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.