4 Mariana Islands species out of 14 reported | 11 Indo-Pacific species
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Pseudanthias cooperi (female)
Pseudanthias pascalus
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (male)
Pseudanthias sp. A
Note: The image of Pseudanthias sp. A (also called the double bar anthias) is a frame grab from a baited remote underwater video (BRUV) obtained in the waters around Guam in 2015 by Jake Asher of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Curtin University.
Additional anthias species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):
- Odontanthias borbonius (reported as Holanthias borbonius; found between 92 and 300 m)
- Odontanthias chrysostictus (reported as Holanthias chrysostictus; considered a “deep water” species, but specific depth range not provided)
- Plectranthias fourmanoiri
- Plectranthias kamii (found between 183 and 280 m)
- Plectranthias nanus
- Plectranthias rubrifasciatus (found between 100 and 200 m)
- Pseudanthias bicolor
- Pseudanthias flavicauda (found between 30 and 61 m)
- Pseudanthias hutomoi (found between 30 and 70 m)
- Pseudanthias ventralis (found between 26 and 120 m)
- Selenanthias myersi (found between 110 and 220 m)