Anthias ID

racer69 · 03/01/2006, 05:50 PM

I am trying to save these guys from the LFS, and would like to get a positive id. I think they are either Bartletts or evansi's. The were sold as Purple Queens, but I don't think that is right.

Leopard Wrasse · 03/01/2006, 08:55 PM

My best guesses are:

Pseudanthias tuka (female)
or
Luzonichthys waitei (color variant)

I think the facial structure is to rounded to be either P. evansi
or P. bartlettorum, which have a more of a pointed face.

COreefer · 03/01/2006, 10:27 PM

It is this species as Robert details...Pseudanthias tuka (female)

I have kept these myself, they are very difficult to feed. They require alot of food to keep up with their metabolism and they have small mouths.

racer69 · 03/02/2006, 08:59 AM

Eric, I believe you are right. The larger of the two is eating frozen brine and cyclopeeze, and the smaller just a little cyclopeeze. I hope I can keep them alive, but I think they have a better chance in my tank than the fish store. They had them for about a week, and they were being harassed in that 55 gal.

03/01/2006, 05:50 PM	#1
racer69 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 1,446	Anthias ID I am trying to save these guys from the LFS, and would like to get a positive id. I think they are either Bartletts or evansi's. The were sold as Purple Queens, but I don't think that is right. __________________ Todd Its better to burn out than to fade away..... Current Tank Info: 180 gal Reef, w 50 gal sump 33 cube w/15 gal sump

03/01/2006, 10:27 PM	#3
COreefer Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 2,329	It is this species as Robert details...Pseudanthias tuka (female) I have kept these myself, they are very difficult to feed. They require alot of food to keep up with their metabolism and they have small mouths. __________________ "Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise." Current Tank Info: 45 and 20G mixed reefs...

03/02/2006, 08:59 AM	#4
racer69 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 1,446	Eric, I believe you are right. The larger of the two is eating frozen brine and cyclopeeze, and the smaller just a little cyclopeeze. I hope I can keep them alive, but I think they have a better chance in my tank than the fish store. They had them for about a week, and they were being harassed in that 55 gal. __________________ Todd Its better to burn out than to fade away..... Current Tank Info: 180 gal Reef, w 50 gal sump 33 cube w/15 gal sump

03/01/2006, 08:55 PM	#2
Leopard Wrasse Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 501	My best guesses are: Pseudanthias tuka (female) or Luzonichthys waitei (color variant) I think the facial structure is to rounded to be either P. evansi or P. bartlettorum, which have a more of a pointed face.