Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Purple Queen Anthias
Pseudanthias pascalus
Purple Queen Anthias
Category: Anthias
Scientific Name: Pseudanthias pascalus
Size: Up to 7 in. (17 cm)  
Depth: 15-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Anthiadidae (Family) Anthias
       └Pseudanthias (Genus)
        └P. pascalus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277471🔗

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