Pseudanthias taeniatus (Female)

Pseudanthias taeniatus, commonly known as the Red Sea endemic anthias, is a medium-sized Pseudanthias species. There is a huge sexual dimorphism. Males are white with red horizontal stripes and 2 red fins and the females are orange. Like all anthias, it's an active fish, which is best kept in a group/school of at least 4-6 fishes. When buying a school you don't need to worry about sex ratios because these fish are hermaphroditic. This means the most dominant fish will automatically turn into the male when there is no other male around.

Keeping this fish in larger numbers will definetely make it shine. Do make sure they can eat multiple times a day though, because in nature they feed on zooplankton the entire day, and are not build for one meal a day!