Photo credit: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 2 records
Photos
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Plectranthias longimanus, Pteranthias longimanus
Similar species
Hucht's fairy bassletPseudanthias huchtii
Sea goldiePseudanthias squamipinnis
- Amethyst Anthias
Mirolabrichthys pascalus
- Purple Anthias
Mirolabrichthys tuka
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).
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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