Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Purple Queen Anthias
Pseudanthias pascalus
Purple Queen Anthias
Category: Anthias
Scientific Name: Pseudanthias pascalus
Size: Up to 7 in. (17 cm)  
Depth: 15-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Anthiadidae (Family)
       └Pseudanthias (Genus)

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