Scalefin Anthias
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,695
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The sea goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), also known as the orange basslet, lyretail coralfish, onestripe goldie, lyretail anthias, lyretail fairy basslet, orange fairy basslet, orange seaperch, scalefin basslet, scalefin Fairy basslet and scalefin anthias, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an anthias from the subfamily Anthiinae part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It is found in the aquarium trade.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sea goldie”.