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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familySerranidae
  5. ›genusPseudanthias
Pseudanthias evansi
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IUCN LC · Least concern

purple wreckfish

Pseudanthias evansi (Smith, 1954)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution: Indian Ocean: east Africa and Mascarenes to Cocos – Keeling and Christmas islands, north to Andaman Sea and western Sumatra.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

materials_examined

Holotype: SAIAB 125, 113 mm TL. Type locality: off Shimoni, Kenya, western Indian Ocean. Illustrations: Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012: 141, figs. 21 & 22; Kuiter, 2004: 79, figs. A – F. D: X, 16 to 18. A: III, 8 or 9. P: 16 to 18. C: 15. V: 25 or usually 26 (10 + 15 or 10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 9 to 11 + 22 to 26. LL: 47 to 50. CP: 25 to 28.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

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Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2387663.