Pseudanthias rubrizonatus

Lilac-tipped basslet | Deepsea Fairy Basslet | Lilac-tipped Seaperch | Red-band Basslet | Redband Anthias | Redbar Anthias
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus, male, NSW, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus, female, NSW, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Male with darker vertical bar on mid-side and pale stripe from below eye to pectoral fin. Female very similar to that of P. hypselosoma (Pink Basslet), but with more angular rear dorsal and anal fin margins and lacks deep purple outer eye.


Information

Max Size: 12 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 16.2-30°C

Depth: 10-133m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (3.5% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Many (99 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland