African Anthias?

[chrissreef]

Hi, is there a good Anthias Fish Database somewhere? I was diving recently in E Africa and next to the Lyretail & Evansi there was another common anthias... the females were "drab" tan/green but the males were like a green Male Lyretail with orange highlights. I'm trying to find out what species this is... anyone?

Thx!

 

[SDguy]

Probably huchtii...

 

[chrissreef]

That could be it... wow, looks so bad in pictures but 30+ feet under it was amazing! I wonder if these pics are bad or if it just doesn't look the same under our lighting...

 

[SDguy]

Aquarium pics of this fish suck. They look gorgeous in the wild...

 

[chrissreef]

Thx, yea I can't find any good pics. If you run across any pls let me know - considering special ordering. I "think" they would get along with Lyretails

 

[chrissreef]

This is what it looked like in nature... wonder if it looks like that in person under 20k light instead of the crappy internet pics?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacificklaus/4263848625/

http://www.starfish.ch/photos/fishes-Fische/anthias-Fahnenbarsche/Pseudanthias-huchti4.jpg

Here's a vid

http://footage.shutterstock.com/cli...-huchti-swimming-underwater-in-australia.html

 

[randomfishguy85]

i dont think you would have to do any special ordering as they are a pretty common fish. I seen them in toronto, and they only cost like 19.99 each. I would imagine the prices to be close to that in the states. From what i read they are rather aggressive.

 

[michael_cb_125]

huchtii- I agree with Peter, pictures of this species in captivity never do it justice. But check out the large males typically seen in the wild, they are stunning IMO.

This is a rather aggressive species, so be careful if adding with other anthias.

~Michael