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Updated 5/9/2024

Family Serranidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nemanthias bicolor

Sharkfin, Lana'i, 75 feet

 

Juvenile, Sharks Cove, 70 feet

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 70 feet

Ho'okena, Hawaii, 30 feet

 

 

Pu'u Olai, Maui, 50 feet

 

Juvenile, Wailea, Maui, 80 feet

BICOLOR ANTHIAS

Harems are locally common near outcrops exposed to current deeper than 50 feet where it feeds upon zooplankton.  Ovate with a pointed snout, orange above, pink below, tail lobes half magenta.  Attains 5 inches.  Mauritius to Okinawa, Micronesia, and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Pseudanthias bicolor.