Anthias是典型的礁鱼,可以在浅阳光礁的大型学校中发生。但是Anthias在更深层次的礁石中也很普遍,除非深入潜水收藏家专门为他们降落,否则这些物种很少见到,或者研究人员拜访了他们。
路易斯·罗沙(Luiz Rocha)博士对礁石建筑商的常规读者并不陌生,该礁石制造商参与了许多新物种礁鱼的发现和描述,尤其是深水“中间”物种。他最近在西北太平洋(包括关岛,菲律宾和玛丽安娜群岛)的一些深度潜水使Rocha博士非常面对面,与一些奇妙的Anthias物种面对面,他勤奋地拍照,与我们其他人分享地表。
Pseudanthias ventralisis a longfin anthias species which was one the first species we ever fell in love with. While the first ventralis anthias we ever saw were from the Cook Islands, this red tailed specimen from the Marianas Islands is distinct and beautiful as both a male or female specimen.
假人龙舌兰酒是要描述的最深水arnthias的最新物种之一。尽管关岛已经知道了一段时间,但直到2017年下半年才获得了正式名称 - 龙舌兰酒Anthias的彩色男性是其他的!
黄色发现了Anthias,Pseudanthias flavoguttatusis a gorgeous slender species that actually appears with some regularity in the aquarium hobby. This species is a gorgeous purple underside with a yellow head, yellow spots along the body, and several very colorful red markings on its back. While it can be found at reasonable collecting depths for aquarium fish, it is more commonly encountered at depths of 70 to 90 meters (230 to 290 feet) like this specimen photographed in Guam.
The red stripe anthias,Pseudanthias fasciatus是最矮胖,深水之一Pseudanthias. Females of this species are orange overall with a prominent red stripe that stretches across the entire body of the fish nearly to the eye. The very similar lookingP. rubrolineatushas a red stripe that is placed higher on the body and doesn’t reach all the way to the head. Oddly the males of both of these red stripe anthias mostly loses its namesake red stripe.
What is a good list of deepwater anthias without at least one undescribed species? This particularPseudanthiasencountered at more than 330 feet down has a passing resemblance top . charlenae和P. leucozonusfrom Indo-Pacific and Japan. But since this fish is known to live in the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from those two it’s very likely a new species which hope to see an official description for in the future.