What anthias is this

[StarF]

Hi

found this picture on the net, i was wondering what kind of anthias this is? the purples ones.

is it? Pseudanthias flavicauda ?

How easy is it compared to squamints ? and is it possible to keep diffrent species of anthias togerther?

how easy is the Dispar compared to squamints?

 

[espocrespo]

by the looks of them tuka anthias, pseudanthias tuka

 

[sps1-2-b]

Yep espocrespo is right. It's commonly called purple queen anthias.

http://www.reefhotspot.com/store/index.php?cPath=21_27

 

[StarF]

alright tnx i know they are impossible more or less to keep, so not even gonna try

 

[mickeyray]

btw those are purple anthias.. purple queens have a pointy face and no yellow stripe

 

[SDguy]

queens have a pointy face and no yellow stripe

pascalus have no orange, tuka (aka purple queen) do.

 

[mickeyray]

are you saying those are purple queens?

this is a purple queen

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=332&cid=10

I thought the ones in the picture were just named purple anthias

 

[ShrimpChipGal]

Pseudanthias Tuka, aka purple queens, have yellow/orange as shown on the Randall photos on fishbase.org. http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=6502

Pseudanthias Pascalus, aka purple anthias, are characterized by the solid purple coloration. http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=6934

The one shown on bluezoo is a male and the differences are the snout color. "Males of this species (P. Tuka) differ from males of P. pascalus by having a yellowish snout."

 

[mickeyray]

ok but the ones in that picture look nothing like a queen correct?

So they are male and female purple anthias

 

[mickeyray]

for intense queen anthias have a redish upper flowing fin. The ones in the pic don't.

 

[mickeyray]

lol intense hahaha **instance

 

[SDguy]

All the purple fish in the OP's pic are juvenile/female purple queens (P. tuka).

The BZ pic is of a large, adult male... a wild one at that.

 

[MrMoses]

I bought 3 of those last month and they died within 3 days.

 

[theisdept]

I',m getting Anthias phobia