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Updated 3/9/2024

Family Serranidae

WEST PACIFIC

Pseudanthias pleurotaenia



Great White Wall, Fiji, 85 feet

Male, Wakatobi, Indonesia

 


Male, Waikiki Aquarium


Female

Juveniles

SQUARESPOT ANTHIAS

Locally common along steep dropoffs in clear water.  Females are yellow with two purple stripes below, males reddish orange with magenta square.  Attains 8 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa and Samoa.