Hucht's fairy basslet
Pseudanthias huchtii
- Usual depth5–16 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Pseudanthias huchtii, the red cheek fairy basslet, threadfin anthias or Pacific basslet is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the genus Pseudanthias which is part of the subfamily Anthiinae, which in turn is part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It comes from the Western Central Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12 cm in length.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pseudanthias huchtii”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 91 records
- February: 53 records
- March: 68 records
- April: 89 records
- May: 92 records
- June: 412 records
- July: 91 records
- August: 67 records
- September: 79 records
- October: 97 records
- November: 105 records
- December: 119 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–16 m · Deepest record: 24.1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Photos
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Slunky, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Hucht's fairy basslet, Hucht's sea perch, Pacific basslet, Red-cheeked anthias, Red-cheeked Fairy Basslet, Threadfin anthias
Other scientific names: Anthias huchtii, Anthias hutchii, Anthias mortoni, Pseudanthias huchti, Pseudoanthias huchti
Similar species
Sea goldiePseudanthias squamipinnis
- Blotched Fairy Basslet
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Pink bassletPseudanthias hypselosoma
- Luzon anthias
Pseudanthias luzonensis
- Amethyst Anthias
Mirolabrichthys pascalus
- Purple Anthias
Mirolabrichthys tuka
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 575 open-data records from 1975 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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