FB-69160 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69160 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Hetereleotris Hetereleotris semisquamata Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2019 Pillai's anthias Pseudanthias vizagensis Krishna, Rao & Venu, 2017 2020-09-29 2020-09-29 Heemstra, P.C. and K.V. Akhilesh0 A review of the anthiine fish genus Pseudanthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a key to the species. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 18(3):121-164. (Ref. 93110) Krishna, N.M., G.V. Rao and D. Venu0 Pseudanthias vizagensis sp. nov., a new anthiine fish (Subfamily : Anthiinae), genus Pseudanthias, from India. J. Exp. Zool. India, 20(1):213-216. (Ref. 114709) Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes. FishTaxa 15:1-170. (Ref. 123093) Akhilesh, K.V., T.G. Kishore, M. Muktha, M.W. Lisher, G.P. Ambarish and C. Anulekshmi0 Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4890(1):135-147. (Ref. 123542) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69169 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-02 00:00:00 2021-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69169 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: rear margin of caudal fin slightly convex; without elongated rays; D X,16-17, continuous with the the third spine longest and slightly longer than fourth spine (its length 0.8-1.0 in 4th spine length, 2.1-2.8 in HL); lateral line scales 36-38; auxiliary scales on body none; papillae on rear edge of orbit absent; the basal part of dorsal and anal-fins with low scaly sheath; pectoral-fin rays 18-19, with posterior margin of pectoral-fin rounded, reaching vertical at base of third anal-fin spine; scale rows between lateral line and 5th dorsal fin spine 2½; circumpeduncular scales 19-22; gill rakers 10-11 + 28-29 = 38-39; serrated interopercle and subopercle; small scales on interorbital and pre-dorsal. Colouration: females reddish orange to reddish-pink, dorsum scales usually with a dark green/brown spot; caudal-fin mostly yellowish but sometimes with pinkish blotches/specks medially; a narrow purple streak below eye, originating from the anterior margin of maxilla up to the pectoral-fin base; males are reddish pink above lateral-line with yellow and purple horizontal stripes below it; an inverted heart-shaped pink spot on the interorbital region; caudal-fin is bright pink with narrow yellow band on posterior margin (Ref. 123542). Akhilesh, K.V., T.G. Kishore, M. Muktha, M.W. Lisher, G.P. Ambarish and C. Anulekshmi 2020 Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4890(1):135-147. (Ref. 123542) FB-Morphology-69169 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-02 00:00:00 2021-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69169 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26 Akhilesh, K.V., T.G. Kishore, M. Muktha, M.W. Lisher, G.P. Ambarish and C. Anulekshmi 2020 Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4890(1):135-147. (Ref. 123542) FB-Distribution-69169 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-01 00:00:00 2021-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69169 Indian Ocean: India and Myanmar. Akhilesh, K.V., T.G. Kishore, M. Muktha, M.W. Lisher, G.P. Ambarish and C. Anulekshmi 2020 Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4890(1):135-147. (Ref. 123542) FB-Size-69169 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-01 00:00:00 2021-02-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69169 11.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93110)); 10 cm SL (female) Heemstra, P.C. and K.V. Akhilesh 2012 A review of the anthiine fish genus Pseudanthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a key to the species. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 18(3):121-164. (Ref. 93110) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69169 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-01 00:00:00 2021-02-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69169 reef-associated; marine; depth range 175 - 200 m (Ref. 93110) Heemstra, P.C. and K.V. Akhilesh 2012 A review of the anthiine fish genus Pseudanthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a key to the species. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 18(3):121-164. (Ref. 93110)