Dispar vs. Ignitus Anthias

[niter]

Recently, there have been a few anthias threads (myself a contributor to that :spin3: ) and from the photos I am starting to wonder the ID of my anthias. I originally wanted dispars but took ignitus since they are both similar and live aquaria had the latter in stock. The four I have are my favorite anthias in the tank so I am pleased either way yet I am curious which they are. They look less orange the photos I have seen posted and thus my curiosity was piqued. Does anyone have side by sides of these two fish?

 

[MCCOOL]

Female ignitus

Female dispar

 

[SDguy]

A few easy ways to tell them apart, especially when small/female.

1. ignitus have blue/purple eyes.
2. ignitus have the back end of their dorsal fin split into half red/half yellow, lengthwise.
3. ignitus have yellow pectoral fins.

HTH