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SDguy
09/11/2007, 11:30 AM
A while ago I sent the wetwebmedia crew some suggestions about some of their pictures in their anthias article. Mr Fenner disagreed, saying all the ID's are correct. I'm not so sure...

Come on fellow anthias enthusiast, what do you all think?

Here's my take:
I think he's got a pic of a male bartlett under evansi, a pic of a juvi tuka under evansi, an I-don't-know-what (dispar? maybe just horrible pic of bartlett) under male bartlett, and an almost male bartlett under female bartlett.

And further down in the article, he has a female squarespot labeled as a "more dominant" lyretail female

http://wetwebmedia.com/anthiina.htm
Valab
09/12/2007, 05:19 AM
Unlike you I am no expert at IDing anthias, but that male bartlett does look more like a dispar. Maybe you could develop a bullet-proof 'Petersons Guide' for IDing anthias?
adddo
09/12/2007, 06:13 AM
The "evansi" furthest to the right is def a Tuka, look at the coloration of the tail.
King-Kong
09/12/2007, 06:31 AM
His male Bartlett image is absolutely horrible and looks nothing like any male bartlett ive ever seen.

Also, what in the heck is the 3rd image in the Dispar set?
CarlC
09/12/2007, 06:55 AM
All good catch's Peter!

Carl
SDguy
09/12/2007, 07:04 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10749113#post10749113 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by King-Kong
His male Bartlett image is absolutely horrible and looks nothing like any male bartlett ive ever seen.

Also, what in the heck is the 3rd image in the Dispar set?

LOL, I thought the same thing about the bartlett!

That third pic looks like a really ugly female squammi, actually. Note blue eye. Tail looks squammi too.
SDguy
09/12/2007, 07:33 AM
Well, Bob totally dismissed my corrections first time around, so I'm not going to beat that dead horse with him. Just note....do not send people to WWM for anthias identifications! :D
SitBackAndWatch
09/12/2007, 08:20 AM
I just sent him a quick email... i think you are correct SDguy.... some of those ID's are indeed mixed up


edit: email was returned.... bobfenner@wetwebmedia.com does not exist anymore.... maybe he has gotten alot of emails on it and got fed up?
SDguy
09/12/2007, 08:58 AM
Yeah, his personal one doesn't work anymore. I think the new one is just crew@....
SDguy
09/12/2007, 08:59 AM
Found another one....these guys are clearly bartlett, not evansi :)

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/anthiinFAQs.htm
SDguy
09/13/2007, 01:08 PM
OK, last one, I swear... :D

The "P. lori" indicated half way down this page as "photoshopped" may very well be Pseudanthias flavoguttatus, not P. lori.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/anthiIDfaqs.htm
CarlC
09/13/2007, 02:12 PM
Yep flavoguttatus. No short red stripe running length wise onto the caudal.

Carl