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Pseudanthias oumati Williams, Delrieu-Trottin & Planes, 2013
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Pseudanthias: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335); oumati: Name from a Marquesan word for sun; refers to the brilliant yellow color of its body and fins; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Not an eponym, but based on the word for ‘sun’ in the language of the Marquesas Islands and referring to the fish’s colour. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Pseudanthias: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335); oumati: Name from a Marquesan word for sun; refers to the brilliant yellow color of its body and fins; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Not an eponym, but based on the word for ‘sun’ in the language of the Marquesas Islands and referring to the fish’s colour. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 50 - 55 m (Ref. 93435). Tropical
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Eastern Central Pacific: French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands.
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Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL (female)
Max length : 5.8 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D X,6 with third dorsal spine elongate and tipped with fleshy yellow filament extending beyond tip of spine; A III,7; pectoral rays 18; lateral-line scales 43; gill rakers 10 + 28; body depth 2.5 in SL; head length (HL) 3.3 in SL; papillae on posterior edge of orbit absent; 5 serrae on margin of subopercle and 5 on interopercle; snout length 4.5 in HL; front of upper lip not thickened (the male condition is unknown); bony interorbital width 3.8 in HL; caudal fin lunate, caudal concavity 3.5 in SL; color of female yellow, all fins yellow with narrow magenta margin (except pectoral fin, which lacks magenta); no stripe from snout to pectoral base; small scales located on basal quarter of soft dorsal fin from segmented rays 1-12; dorsal profile of head is slightly concave (Ref. 93435).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Individuals of this species were found shoaling together on a deep reef within a meter of the bottom (Ref. 93435).
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Williams, J.T., E. Delrieu-Trottin and S. Planes, 2013. Two new species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas. Zootaxa 3647(1):167-180. (Ref. 93435)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2015
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Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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