Pseudanthias

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Pseudanthias

Genus of fishes

Pseudanthias is a genus of colourful reef fishes of the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. They are found in the Indo-Pacific. The species belonging to this genus have a diet consisting of zooplankton, and are haremic.[3] Fishes currently included in this genus were earlier part of the genus Anthias. Pseudanthias is the largest anthiine genus[4]

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Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudanthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Anthiadinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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    Randall, John E.; Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger C. (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824818951. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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    Leis, Jeffrey Martin; Carson-Ewart, Brooke M. (2000). The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An Identification Guide to Marine Fish Larvae. BRILL. p. 371. ISBN 9004115773.
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    Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TAY, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA (2021) Pseudanthias hangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). ZooKeys 1054: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.64508
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    Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2013): Two new fish species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas. Zootaxa, 3647 (1): 167–180.
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    Victor, Benjamin C., Teitelbaum, Antoine, & Randall, John E. (2020). Pseudanthias timanoa, a new fairy basslet from New Caledonia, South Pacific (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 36, 6–15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4050419
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