Pseudanthias taeniatus Red Sea Basslet, Striped Anthias

Pseudanthias taeniatusis commonly referred to as Red Sea Basslet, Striped Anthias. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 2047
AphiaID:: 277481

Scientific:: Pseudanthias taeniatus
German:: Rotmeer Fahnenbarsch
English:: Red Sea Basslet, Striped Anthias

Category:: Fancy Sea Bass (Anthias)

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Pseudanthias (Genus) > taeniatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Klunzinger, ), 1884

Occurrence:: Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 10 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 5.12" (13 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Living Food, Lobster eggs
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-10-01 16:28:13
Last edit:: 2020-12-06 20:07:58

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Endemic ot the Red Sea, Lenght 13 cm. Its rare in european Reef Tanks... Males are readily identified by the bandend pattern and their mostly white caudal fin, but females ar more plain, shading from orange above th pink below, and have red tips on the caudal fin.

Synonyme: Anthias taeniatus Klunzinger, 1884

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Flickr Homepage Francois Libert (multi). Abgerufen am 06.12.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 06.12.2020.

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