Pseudanthias flavicaudaaka the yellow tailed anthias is a juicy colorful species of anthias which is rarely ever seen in the aquarium trade. First described in Fiji,Pseudanthias flavicauda最近凯恩斯海洋在珊瑚海收集和now the species has also been documented on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in Tahiti over 3,500 miles away.
The sightings of the yellow tailed anthias in Tahiti was made at a depth of about 200 feet where purple faced helfrich’s firefish and narwal shrimp were in great abundance. Like other Tahitian reef fish, the specimens ofPseudanthias flavicaudadiffer from its West Pacific counterparts by having a more intense yellow coloration, especially of the namesake tail.
由于我们只有一张图片可去，因此很难说Pseudanthiasflavicaudais truly the same as those from Fiji and Tonga. It’s possible that slight differences in coloration could differentiate the TahitiPseudanthias就像P. unimarginatus和P. bimarginatusin the Indian Ocean.
The juicier part of this story is the great footage of the yellow tailed anthias in its natural habitat in Tahiti where large schools can be observed. Also visible on the video, however fleeting is a sneak peek at the elusiveLiopropoma tonstrinumwhich true to its nature is hiding inside the reef structure.
