🐠 Red-Bar Anthias (Pseudanthias cooperi)
A Pink Body With a Bold Vertical Red Bar • One of the Hardier Anthias • An Easy Feeder Once Settled
 
📋 The Red-Bar Anthias, also known as Cooper's Anthias, shows clear differences between the sexes: males have a light pink body with a bold vertical red bar through the mid-section and a red tail, while females are more orange overall with a silvery belly and red-tipped tail lobes. Both sexes share fine light-blue edging along most fins.
It ranges widely across the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Samoa, southern Japan, and Australia, coming from deep reef faces and drop-offs between 9 and 90 metres, where it forms small, loose schools along current-swept slopes. It's one of the more robust, hardy anthias once established, adjusting to aquarium life readily and generally accepting most prepared foods. Every Red-Bar Anthias we ship is feeding well.
It's fully reef safe and does best in harems of one male with several females, in a spacious tank with strong water flow and open swimming space. Like all anthias, it's a capable jumper, so use a secure lid. It reaches up to 14cm, so plan on at least 470L for a small group, and 800L or more for a full harem.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Pink Body, Bold Red Bar: Striking sexual dimorphism
💪 One of the Hardier Anthias: Adjusts to aquarium life readily
🍽️ Ships Feeding Well: An easy feeder once settled
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Won't harm corals or invertebrates
👫 Forms Natural Harems: One male with several females