Pseudanthias pascalus Amethyst anthias

Pseudanthias pascalusis commonly referred to as Amethyst anthias. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Rudie Hermann Kuiter, Aquatic Photographics, Australien

Pseudanthias pascalus (c) by Rudie Kuiter, Australien

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lexID:: 4936
AphiaID:: 277471

Scientific:: Pseudanthias pascalus
German:: Amethyst Fahnenbarsch
English:: Amethyst Anthias

Category:: Fancy Sea Bass (Anthias)

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Pseudanthias (Genus) > pascalus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Jordan & Tanaka, ), 1927

Occurrence:: American Samoa, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Howland Island, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Line Islands, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Samoa, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna
Sea depth:: 5 - 60 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Living Food, Zooplankton
Tank:: 175.98 gal (~ 800L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-03 12:39:38
Last edit:: 2023-06-24 13:04:54

Info

Pseudanthias pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)
Amethyst anthias

More common at oceanic islands than on continental reefs. Occurs in large groups around coral outcrops and caves of outer reef slopes. Feeds on copepods and other planktonic crustaceans or crustacean larvae and fish eggs.

Synonyms:
Anthias pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)
Entonanthias pascalus Jordan & Tanaka, 1927
Mikrolabrichthys pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)
Mirolabrichthys pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)
Mirolabrichthys tuka pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)
Pseudanthias pascalis (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reef Builders (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 24.06.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Juvenile

Male

Mirolabrichthys pascalus, Amethyst anthias, 20cm, Kwajalein

Fish school

Commonly

Pseudanthias pascalus (c) by Rudie Kuiter, Australien

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