SERRANIDAE


Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
(photo by Mark Strickland)


Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
(Randall, 1983)
Redbar Anthias

D X, 16; A III, 7; P1 18-20; P2 I, 5; LLp 42-47. Body elongate; its depth 2.7-3.1 in SL.

No papillae on edge of orbit. Subopercular and interopercular margins with a few serrae. Fourth dorsal-fin spine longest, but not prolonged. Caudal fin deeply emarginate to lunate. Pelvic fins reaching or extending beyond a vertical through anal fin origin. Color: females with light red body dorsally, whitish ventrally; a narrow violet band from below eye to lower pectoral-fin base; posterior tips of caudal fin red. Males with a broad red bar below last four dorsal-fin spines; body before bar suffused with lavender and behind bar with yellow. Size: maximum length 12 cm. Distribution: distributed in the Andaman Sea and the western Pacific, including southern Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and northern Australia. Remarks: found in coral and rocky reefs at depths of 10-133 m.(Hiroyuki Motomura)