Sea Goldie

Also called: lyretail coralfish, lyretail anthias, scalefin anthias.

Scientific name: Pseudanthias squamipinnis

These true "goldfish" are found throughout the Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Actually, only the females are gold, the males are fuschia with a red patch on their pectoral fin. Like many reef fish, on the death of the male in a school, the dominate female will turn into a male.

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