Scientific Name	Pseudanthias hypselosoma   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1878	Depth	1 - 40M
Chinese	高體擬花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	高體擬花鮨
Max Length	19 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	花鱸、海金魚、紅魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Okinawa
Synonyms	Anthias hypselosoma, Anthias truncatus, Pseudanthias hypeelosoma, Pseudanthias truncatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Bleeker, P. 1878 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	NMMBP08700. NMMBP08748. NTUM06179.
Common Name	Stocky anthias
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with X spines and 15-17 rays, the 4th and 5th almost same length; anal fin with III spiｮes  7 soft rays; pelvic fin abdomen; pecrtoral rays 18-20; caudal fin truncate. Lateral line continuing, lateral line scales 44-48. Body back with yellow in the middle, edge bluish purple, abdomen pale, red blotch in the membrance between the 7th to 10th dorsal fin of male; female with fresh red margin caudal fin.
habitats	Usually occurs in groups on well-protected reefs of lagoons or bays.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Maldives to Samoa, north to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Utility	Small pechlet, not commercial food species, but aquarium species.