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SilverShark
08/20/2006, 01:12 PM
Can someone tell me is this a photo of a female lyretail anthias?
She is more orange in real life:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/andy1982/anthias.jpg

SilverShark
08/20/2006, 02:40 PM
bump

SDguy
08/20/2006, 02:48 PM
Female squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=6569&genusname=Pseudanthias&speciesname=pleurotaenia

Paintbug
08/20/2006, 02:51 PM
i believe thats a Female Pseudanthias squamipinnis
http://www.oceanlight.com/spotlight.php?img=12871

Amphiprion
08/20/2006, 04:25 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7976682#post7976682 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy
Female squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=6569&genusname=Pseudanthias&speciesname=pleurotaenia

I agree. Note the orientation of the stripes.

SilverShark
08/20/2006, 04:28 PM
anyone else? both of them fish look exactly like the one I have pictured above :confused:

Amphiprion
08/20/2006, 06:07 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7977160#post7977160 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SilverShark
anyone else? both of them fish look exactly like the one I have pictured above :confused:

You'll have to look very, very carefully. The P. squamipinnis females rarely have 2 discernible stripes and they really never make it through the rest of the body. P. pleurotaenia females have 2 easily discernible stripes and they continue through the rest of the body. IMHO, I think the one picture from oceanlight is misidentified.

Paintbug
08/20/2006, 06:30 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7977708#post7977708 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
IMHO, I think the one picture from oceanlight is misidentified.

i think your right. :D i looked up the P. squamipinnis in one of my books, and the pic i posted isnt what the one in the book is. not only do the stripes not go through the body, both the male and female have a long dorsal spine.

SilverShark
08/21/2006, 11:44 AM
Ok thanks everyone. Was sold the fish as a lyretail but this squarespot that I have is a beauty.

Do Squarespot anthias mix well with other anthias such as lyretails? :)