Pseudanthias huchtii

(Bleeker, 1857)

Vernacular names
English : Red-cheeked fairy basslet
French : Anthias de Hucht

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Perciformes
Family : Serranidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species grows to 12 cm in length. Both sexes show broad bright orange curved band going from eye to pectoral fin base. Males are green-yellow with yellow fins, females are pink-yellow with orange edges to caudal fin.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in western Pacific Ocean, from east Indonesia and Philippines to Palau, Vanuatu and Great Barrier reef. Lives in clear outer reef slopes, near coral outcrops, from 3 to 35 meters deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is widespread and locally abundant. It is sometimes caught for the trade but this doesn’t seem to be a threat.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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