Red Bar Anthias

Males develop an incomplete crimson bar in the middle of their sides (Ref. 37816).Description: Characterized by males red to pale pink color with silver-white streak below eye, short, narrow red bar on middle of side, caudal fin red and pale-edged; females similar to males but has pale caudal fin with red tips and lacks red bar on side of body; greatest depth of body 2.8-3.2 in SL; absence of fleshy protuberance at front of upper lip in males; absence of prolonged dorsal spines, last spine longest; lunate caudal fin with filamentous tips in males (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8

Found inshore (Ref. 75154). Frequently in coral and rocky reefs over 10 m depth (Ref. 9137).

Mostly found on open substrate with low reef and remote bommies in depths over 20 m. Juveniles maybe shallow in coastal reefs (Ref. 48635). Form small, loose aggregations along current-swept drop-offs (Ref. 1602, 48635).

aquarium: public aquariums

分布於印度-太平洋區，西起非洲東部，東至薩摩亞及萊恩群島，北至日本南部，南至澳洲。台灣南部、小琉球及蘭嶼海域均有。

小型花鱸，不具食用經濟性之魚種。體色豔麗，是水族常見魚種，一般皆以陷阱法捕獲。

體延長而側扁。吻短。眼中大，眼眶後緣無乳突。口較大，稍傾斜。上下頜齒細小，前端具犬齒。下及間鰓蓋骨下緣具鋸齒。體被小櫛鱗；側線完全，側線鱗數45-52；上頜不具鱗；各鰭亦不具鱗。背鰭連續，具硬棘X，軟條15-17，第II及III背鰭棘間不凹入，第VII-X背鰭棘最長；臀鰭硬棘III枚，軟條7-8；腹鰭腹位，延伸至臀鰭或不及；胸鰭軟條18-20；尾鰭彎月形，雄魚上下葉延長如絲。體背部橘黃色，背側偏淡紫紅色，腹部淡白；由眼下方至胸鰭基部具一條白色窄斜帶；雄魚尾鰭紅色，上下葉淡紫色，體中部側線下方至胸鰭上方具一條紅色短窄紅橫帶；雌魚尾鰭上下葉末端紅色。

主要成一小形而鬆寬的群體，棲息於受洋流沖擊的礁區斜坡。

Pseudanthias cooperi, the red-bar anthias is a Pseudanthias fish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 14 cm in length.