Cool Anthias Picture

[Anonymous]

Not mine, of course. I wish I was a better photographer.

This is a male Pseudanthias tuka.

 

[tarpons]

absolutely gorgeous!

Candy

 

[ChrisRD]

Wow! 8)

 

[Platax]

8O Very beautiful photo!!!

Best Regards,
Andrey Ospin

 

[MartinE]

very nice

 

[Anonymous]

Stellar photo Matt...do the colors show up that intensely in life?

 

[Anonymous]

Stellar photo Matt...do the colors show up that intensely in life?

I think the colors have been supersaturated by PS or something. Here's another picture of a male that's a bit more true to life:

Before anybody rushes out and purchases these I should note we have to continuously drip food in for them and we still have not gotten them to eat frozen mysis after 6 months. They are certainly one of the most difficult fish to care for in terms of feeding, and I would not recommend them to anyone to keep at home. Having said that, several of the females have grown much larger and are starting to show the tell tale signs of sex change--the rear portion of the dorsal fin becomes more angular and reddish, the snout becomes pointed, and the area under the jaw becomes yellow. Here are some females for comparison:

 

[Anonymous]

I'm glad you made the comment about the pic being oversaturated Matt I didn't want to sound like a jerk by pointing that out

 

[MartinE]

I like both the pics still a pretty fish either way.

 

[Anonymous]

Some more photos, a bit truer to life. The second shows the distinctive "nose" and very angular rear part of the dorsal fin in males.