🐠 Yellow-Lined Anthias (Pseudanthias luzonensis)
A Pink Body With Yellow Lines and a Red Dorsal Spot • The "Blood Spot" Nickname • A Striking Deep-Water Rarity
 
📋 The Yellow-Lined Anthias, also known as the Luzon or Blood Spot Anthias, shows striking differences between the sexes: males have an orange-red head fading to pink, with three yellow-to-red-orange wavy stripes along the flanks and a distinctive red spot on the dorsal fin, the source of its "Blood Spot" nickname, while females are a plainer pinkish-orange with an orange band from the eye to the pectoral fin, lacking both the stripes and the dorsal spot.
It comes from the Western Pacific, from Japan south to Australia and east to Vanuatu, collected from meaningfully deep water, typically 25-45 metres, along steep reef slopes and drop-offs. Every Yellow-Lined Anthias we ship is feeding well, and subdued lighting with a patient introduction helps it settle in at its best.
It's fully reef safe and does best kept as a harem of one male with several females, added as one of the last fish to an already-established tank, with only one male per tank, since two together leads to serious aggression. It reaches up to 14.5cm, so plan on at least 340L.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Pink With Yellow Lines and a Red Dorsal Spot: Striking colour differences between sexes
🩸 The "Blood Spot" Nickname: From the male's distinctive red dorsal marking
🌊 A Deep-Water Rarity: Collected from 25-45 metres
🍽️ Ships Feeding Well: A patient introduction suits it best
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Won't harm corals or invertebrates