Genus Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871

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External Links

• Pseudanthias Bleeker, P. 1871. Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néerlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néerlandais. Amsterdam : Fréd. Müller Vol. 7 pls 277-288. [text published 1875–1876, plates published 1871–1875 Boeseman, M. 1983. Introduction. pp. 1–12 in Bleeker, P. (ed). Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néerlandaises. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution 12 pp. pls 421, 423.] [pl. 287].

  Type species:

   Anthias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1857 by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P. 1873. Révision des espèces indo-archipélagiques du groupe des Anthianini. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 4: 155-169 [158].

 

Introduction

Katayama (1990) separated the Indo-Pacific Pseudanthias from the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Anthias. However, most workers continued to use Anthias for Indo-Pacific species until around 1990 (Randall et al.1990). Hobbs et al. (2014) recorded Pseudanthias pulcherrimus (Heemstra & Allen, 1986) from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, based on Allen & Smith-Vaniz (1994). However, we can find no record of the species in the latter publication. It is likely to occur there, but confirmation is needed. Gill et al (2021) suggested that the genus is not monophyletic.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21

Allen, G.R. & Starck, W.A. 1982. The anthiid fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, with the description of a new species. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 9(2): 47-56 figs 1-28

Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82

Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 [211]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 (Western Australian records)

Katayama, M. 1960. Fauna Japonica. Serranidae (Pisces). Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan 189 pp. 86 pls. [151]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp.

Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [89]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Mar-2022	SERRANIDAE	17-Aug-2021	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
30-Sep-2019	SERRANIDAE	03-Sep-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
03-Dec-2012		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED