Sea Goldie Pseudanthias Squamipinnis Size (length and weight)
Female: length up to 7 inches Male: Length up to 15 cm
Physical description
Female: orange/gold color with violet streak below the eye
Male: fuschia colour with elongated 3rd ray of the dorsal fin, a red patch on the pectoral fin and elongated margins of the tail.
Location in the world
Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Pacific Ocean, east of Japan, southeast of Australia
Diet The sea goldie feeds primarily on zooplankton
Predators Vermillion Seabass
Young Reproduction occurs at sunset, between December and February
Niche or role in their ecosystem Like other anthias the sea goldie is a protogynous hermaphrodite; a male retains a harem of 5-10 females, but when the male dies one of the females will undergo sex reversal and take the place of the missing male.
Emily Csrenko
Sea GoldiePseudanthias Squamipinnis
Size (length and weight)
Female: length up to 7 inches Male: Length up to 15 cm
Physical description
Female: orange/gold color with violet streak below the eye
Male: fuschia colour with elongated 3rd ray of the dorsal fin, a red patch on the pectoral fin and elongated margins of the tail.
Location in the world
Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Pacific Ocean, east of Japan, southeast of Australia
Diet
The sea goldie feeds primarily on zooplankton
Predators
Vermillion Seabass
Young
Reproduction occurs at sunset, between December and February
Niche or role in their ecosystem
Like other anthias the sea goldie is a protogynous hermaphrodite; a male retains a harem of 5-10 females, but when the male dies one of the females will undergo sex reversal and take the place of the missing male.
Other names
pseudanthias squamipinnis
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_goldie
Last updated: January 2010
March 11, 2010
Luna, Susan M.Capuli,Estelita Emily, and Celloran
fishbase
http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6568
February 2010
March 11, 2010
bbc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/fish/sea_goldie_bg.shtml
July 2005
March 11, 2010
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