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es of the

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Anthiinae, part of the

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Serranidae The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some case ...

, the

grouper Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes. Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is u ...

s and sea basses. They are found in the

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. The species belonging to this genus have a diet consisting of

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, and are haremic. Fishes currently included in this genus were earlier part of the genus ''Anthias''. ''Pseudanthias'' is the largest anthiine genus

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Pseudanthias albofasciatus'' ( Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930) * '' Pseudanthias aurulentus'' ( J. E. Randall & McCosker, 1982) * '' Pseudanthias bartlettorum'' ( J. E. Randall &

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, 1981) (Bartletts' anthias) * ''

Pseudanthias bicolor ''Pseudanthias bicolor'', the bicolor anthias or yellowback basslet is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Anthiinae of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It is from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It occasionally ...

'' ( J. E. Randall, 1979) (Bicolor anthias) * '' Pseudanthias bimaculatus'' ( J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Two-spot basslet) * '' Pseudanthias bimarginatus'' J. E. Randall, 2011 (Margined anthias) * '' Pseudanthias calloura'' H. Ida & Sakaue, 2001 (Aurora anthias) * '' Pseudanthias caudalis'' Kamohara & Katayama, 1959 * '' Pseudanthias charleneae'' G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Charlene's anthias) * '' Pseudanthias cichlops'' (

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, 1902) (Red-bar anthias) * '' Pseudanthias dispar'' ( Herre, 1955) (Peach fairy basslet) * '' Pseudanthias elongatus'' ( V. Franz, 1910) * '' Pseudanthias engelhardi'' ( G. R. Allen &

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, 1982) (Orangebar anthias) * '' Pseudanthias evansi'' ( J. L. B. Smith, 1954) (Yellowback anthias) * '' Pseudanthias fasciatus'' ( Kamohara, 1955) (One-stripe anthias) * '' Pseudanthias flavicauda'' J. E. Randall &

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, 2001 * '' Pseudanthias flavoguttatus'' ( Katayama & H. Masuda, 1980) (Yellow-spotted anthias) * '' Pseudanthias fucinus'' ( J. E. Randall & S. Ralston, 1985) * '' Pseudanthias georgei'' ( G. R. Allen, 1976) (George's basslet) *'' Pseudanthias hangapiko''

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, Pinheiro, Tyler A. Y. Phelps, Alejandro Pérez-Matus, L. A. Rocha- 2021 * '' Pseudanthias hawaiiensis'' ( J. E. Randall, 1979) (Hawaiian longfin anthias) * '' Pseudanthias heemstrai'' Schuhmacher,

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& J. E. Randall, 1989 (Orangehead anthias) * '' Pseudanthias hiva'' J. E. Randall &

, 2001 * '' Pseudanthias huchtii'' (

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, 1981) (Flame anthias) * '' Pseudanthias leucozonus'' ( Katayama & H. Masuda, 1982) * '' Pseudanthias lori'' (

& J. E. Randall, 1976) (Lori's anthias) * '' Pseudanthias lunulatus'' ( Kotthaus, 1973) (Lunate goldie) * '' Pseudanthias luzonensis'' ( Katayama & H. Masuda, 1983) (Yellowlined anthias) * '' Pseudanthias manadensis'' (

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, 1981) (Sunset anthias) * '' Pseudanthias pascalus'' ( D. S. Jordan & S. Tanaka (I), 1927) (Amethyst anthias) * '' Pseudanthias pictilis'' ( J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1978) (Painted anthias) * '' Pseudanthias pillai'' Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 * '' Pseudanthias pleurotaenia''

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, 2001 * '' Pseudanthias pulcherrimus'' ( Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986) (Resplendent goldie) * '' Pseudanthias randalli'' (

& G. R. Allen, 1978) (Randall's fairy basslet) * '' Pseudanthias regalis'' ( J. E. Randall &

, 1981) * '' Pseudanthias rubrizonatus'' ( J. E. Randall, 1983) (Red-belted anthias) * '' Pseudanthias rubrolineatus'' ( Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) * '' Pseudanthias sheni'' J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1989 (Shen's basslet) * '' Pseudanthias smithvanizi'' ( J. E. Randall &

, 1981) (Princess anthias) * '' Pseudanthias squamipinnis'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Sea goldie) * '' Pseudanthias taeniatus'' ( Klunzinger, 1884) * '' Pseudanthias taira'' E. J. Schmidt, 1931 * '' Pseudanthias thompsoni'' ( Fowler, 1923) (Hawaiian anthias) * '' Pseudanthias timanoa''

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, Antoine Teitelbaum & J. E. RandallVictor, Benjamin C., Teitelbaum, Antoine, & Randall, John E. (2020). Pseudanthias timanoa, a new fairy basslet from New Caledonia, South Pacific (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 36, 6–15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4050419 * '' Pseudanthias townsendi'' ( Boulenger, 1897) (Townsend's anthias) * '' Pseudanthias tuka'' Herre & H. R. Montalban, 1927 (Yellowstriped fairy basslet) * '' Pseudanthias unimarginatus'' J. E. Randall, 2011 * '' Pseudanthias venator'' Snyder, 1911 * '' Pseudanthias ventralis'' ( J. E. Randall, 1979) (longfin anthias) * '' Pseudanthias vizagensis ''( Muddula Krishna Naranji & Govinda Rao Velamala, 2017) * '' Pseudanthias xanthomaculatus'' ( Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) Bartlett's anthias Pseudanthias bartlettorum.jpg, '' Pseudanthias bartlettorum'' Pseudanthias bimaculatus.jpg, '' Pseudanthias bimaculatus'' Pseudanthias dispar.jpg, ''Pseudanthias dispar'' Threadfin anthias male.jpg, '' Pseudanthias huchtii'' Pseudanthias marcia.jpg, ''Pseudanthias marcia'' Morphothias.jpg, ''Pseudanthias morphoias'' Anthias cola de lira (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-28, DD 98.jpg, '' Pseudanthias squamipinnis'' Pseudanthias Taeniatus.jpg, ''Pseudanthias taeniatus'' Pseudanthias tuka.jpg, ''Pseudanthias tuka''

References

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