Anthias ID

[sus]

I picked these up yesterday sold as Lyretail. The coloring though doesn't seem to jive with pictures online. They look more like Ignitus to me. Thoughts?

 

[Scotch_c]

That for sure isn't a lyretail.


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[sus]

That for sure isn't a lyretail.


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Yeah, so what is it?

 

[kenith]

Looks like bimaculatus

 

[sus]

Looks like bimaculatus

I don't know, it seems to me that the bimaculatus all have a visible pattern to them where mine don't...

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Not lyretail or bimac. Maybe cooperi?


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[Scotch_c]

Yeah, so what is it?

I honestly don't know cuz of the purple color, which could be just an optical illusion from bluish lights. It could be an ignitus or carrberryi anthers. Do you have a picture of them just under normal white lights?-

 

[ca1ore]

Bicolor perhaps.

 

[sus]

I can try to get more pics. That purple is not an illusion though. The very tips of their dorsal fins are indeed purple.

 

[ca1ore]

Purple edge to the dorsal fin is quite common in these fishes. After taking a closer look, they're probably carberryi. How big are they? C stay on the small side. Relatively easy to keep.

 

[MIKE NY]

They look like Red Fairies....Pseudanthias kashiwae

 

[sus]

Purple edge to the dorsal fin is quite common in these fishes. After taking a closer look, they're probably carberryi. How big are they? C stay on the small side. Relatively easy to keep.

They are about 3" I'd say.

 

[scchase]

I picked up 15 from the same source as well, they are cooperi which last I checked was a synonym with kashiwae. I can't wait till the group gets out of Q

 

[sus]

I picked up 15 from the same source as well, they are cooperi which last I checked was a synonym with kashiwae. I can't wait till the group gets out of Q

Nice! Not knowing what they were was a bit of a gamble but when they were selling them 5 for 50 bucks it was hard to pass up! I'm just worried that all of mine are males, whatever they are

 

[sdbc]

5 for $50! I paid almost that much for 1 Bartlett's. Congrats on that find.

 

[SDguy]

Yup, cooperi

 

[sus]

Right on. So now how do you tell male from female with the Cooperi? Not a lot of info online about these guys...

 

[SDguy]

IIRC males get a small vertical red bar on their flank, and more of a silver face. Don't quote me, I'm too lazy to Google it... But I'm pretty sure.

 

[scchase]

My largest is just barely starting to show the red bar, there were only a few that were submales in the whole group at the store, no full males that I saw. Once they get out of Q I will get a picture of the group. Like you said Sus the deal was so good I couldn't pass it up. First time I have ever bought 15 of any saltwater fish.

 

[sus]

Well that's promising! I was worried I had all males but none of them are showing any red bar yet!
15 of them in a tank is going to pretty awesome man!