Purple Anthias
Mirolabrichthys tuka
- Usual depth2–23 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 16 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 47 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–23 m · Deepest record: 42 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Purple Anthias, Purple Queen-basslet, Purple Queenfish
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Pez reina púrpura
- French
- Anthias pourpre
- Thai
- ปลากะรังจิ๋วสีม่วง
- Simplified Chinese
- 靜擬花鮨, 靜擬花鱸
Other scientific names: Anthias tuka, Pseudanthias tuka, Pseudoanthias tuka
Similar species
- Amethyst Anthias
Mirolabrichthys pascalus
Hucht's fairy bassletPseudanthias huchtii
Sea goldiePseudanthias squamipinnis
Pink bassletPseudanthias hypselosoma
- Waite's splitfin
Luzonichthys waitei
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 347 open-data records from 1909 to 2016.
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