Bright pink fish with yellow spots, a slender body and flowing fins.

Orange anthias

Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Where at Shedd?
Wonder of Water Wild Reef
Diet Zooplankton
Size Length: Up to 6 inches (15 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Reef slopes and patch reefs in lagoons and channels in the Indian and West-Central Pacific Oceans
Habitat Red Sea, Indian and west central Pacific Oceans in large groups above coral ledges or on slopes of lagoon and channel reefs

Did you know?

  1. Male anthias are more colorful than the females and use their spectacular colors to attract mates.
  2. These fish form groups of one dominant male and several females called harems.
  3. Just like their close relatives - groupers - they start their lives as females and will become males as the need arises.

IUCN Red List Conservation Status